[Consolatta Maina (left) in a past event. Simba Arati claims that she is being prepared to declare Uhuru president. Photo/Nation]
Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati says President Uhuru Kenyatta wants to use backdoor means to be announced president in October elections through the electoral law amendments.
In what the opposition team has termed as draconian laws, IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati’s powers will be significantly reduced when the legislations come into use.
And the second term MP says giving powers to Consolata Maina, Chebukati’s deputy, is a plot to have her declare Uhuru the winner in October.
“These laws are just a wider scheme to have IEBC Vice chair pronounce Uhuru the winner. They are against Chebukati because he is defending the truth.
“By changing the laws, they want to give powers to the deputy because she seems friendly to them. II have information that they do not want Chebukati at all,” he said, adding that the opposition team will resist the attempts.
Conspicuously, the opposition team has been calling for resignation of CEO Ezra Chiloba, omitting Chebukati from their blacklist.
Documents leaked to the public by Chebukati shows that the chairman is fighting internal rebellion within the commission.