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Political analyst Barrack Muluka has said that Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission’s CEO Ezra Chiloba should quit the commission as soon as he can to save the country from trouble.
In an opinion he wrote to the Standard on September 30, Muluka said that the CEO should not have allowed himself to serve beyond September 1.
"For the sake of personal honour, family and country, Mr Chiloba should have apologised to the country for failing it, thanked Kenyans for the opportunity to serve and bowed out. He need not have allowed hostile controversy to build around him," Muluka says.
He argues that after the Supreme Court ruling that nullified the presidential polls, Chiloba should have used logic and quit office immediately.
"It is a matter of common sense. You cannot trust an important assignment with the same characters who “failed, neglected or refused” to do the right thing. If they are not conspirators, they are incompetent or negligent. On this basis alone, they should quit," he adds.
Muluka further argues that by virtue of Chiloba remaining in office, there could be an elections which is accepted by Jubilee and rejected by NASA on credibility grounds.
If this happens, he adds, a window to anarchy and resistance will be opened, risking the country to sink into chaos and war.
"Kenya can of course still go to some kind of election on 26 October, supervised by Chiloba and his team as presently constituted. Yet that would be completely unwise. NASA may call the bluff and refuse to participate. President Kenyatta may go on to be declared the winner. He may even be sworn in. Yet that will only be the beginning of unprecedented civil unrest and violent response by the State. The crystal ball shows unending mass action that will paralyse economic, social and commercial activities in the country."