Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) Leader Raila Odinga has told all MPs and other elected leaders who were assigned to monitor Malindi polls to report and remain at the polling stations till the end of voting exercise.
Raila alleged plot to rig the Malindi by-elections by Jubilee coalition.
“We are concerned about the campaign of black mail and arm-twisting that Jubilee is adopting in the region manifested in arbitrary arrests including that of Mr Philip Etale and we have assigned senators James Orengo and Johnstone Muthama to take up the case of Mr Etale,” he said on Twitter Monday morning.
Raila said those harassing and intimidating Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) supporters will face the full force of the law.
“We wish to put on notice those government officers behind this campaign of harassment and intimidation being meted out on ODM supporters and officials. There will be a time for each of them to carry their crosses and answer for their crimes,” he said.