THE ONLY THING THAT WILL MAKE RAILA TO BOYCOTT AUGUST ELECTION

Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga has now threatened to boycott the elections.

He says there will be no election unless the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) adopts both the manual and electronic voter register.

Odinga cited alleged plans by the Wafula Chebukati-led commission to interfere with the forthcoming election, hence insisting that both registers must be available.

The Azimio chief, who was addressing a rally in Githunguri during a charm offensive in Kiambu County on Wednesday, said the manual register in all polling stations is an irreducible minimum for his camp.

“That is why we’re saying that there must be a manual register at every polling station, it is not negotiable. We’re telling the IEBC they must have a manual register along with the biometric identification of voters on that day; failure to which, there will be no election.”

Odinga said he has sufficient and reliable information that there is a plot to print excess pre-marked ballot papers in a neighboring country then sneak them in on election day.

The Azimio leader and his running mate Martha Karua pleaded with electorates to give them a mandate to run the country after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s retirement in August.

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