A past election. Photo/softkenya
Foreign donors have been warned against interfering with the Kenyan elections.
Regional bloc Igad has warned unnamed foreign donors against “interfering” with the polls slated for August 8.
“The Igad Summit encourages Kenyans to be peaceful during the electioneering period, and calls upon external actors to respect the sovereign rights of Kenyans to choose their own leaders without interference,” the bloc said in a communique on Monday.
Earlier this week, Igad (Intergovernmental Authority on Development) met in Addis Ababa to discuss the conflict in South SudanThe statement was approved by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni, Ethiopian Premier Hailemariam Desalegn, his Somali counterpart Hassan Ali Khaire, South Sudan First Vice-President Taban Deng Gai, and Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf