Waititu (L) Waiguru (Top R) and Kidero (Bottom R). The three are among many others who may be barred from vying by the IEBC. [Photo: Nairobitimez, the-satr.co.ke]

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Some 73 days to the August election, D-Day beckons for political aspirants’ date with the IEBC tomorrow (Sunday) where some may be blocked from standing for elections.

Transparency International, Mzalendo Trust, Inuka Trust and the Society for International Development named those unfit to vie in their report titled 'RedCard20'. This has intensified pressure on the IEBC to have only high integrity politicians vie for the different posts.According to the 'RedCard20', Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero, his rival Senator Mike Sonko and his counterparts Hassan Joho of Mombasa, Ken Lusaka of Bungoma, Cyprian Awiti of Homa Bay, Alfred Mutua of Machakos and Mwangi Wa Iria of Murang'a should not be on the ballot.Others are Migori’s Okoth Obado, his rival Ochilo Ayacko, Ferdinand Waititu (Kiambu), Ann Waiguru (Kirinyaga) and Kazungu Kambi (Kilifi).MPs on the list include Tiaty’s Asman Kamama, Alfred Keter (Nandi Hills), Elizabeth Ongoro (Ruaraka), Oscar Sudi (Kapseret), Mathew Lempurkel (Laikipia North) and Moses Kuria (Gatundu South).Gladys Boss Shollei, the former powerful Registrar of the Judiciary vying for the Uasin Gishu seat and Dandora Area 2 MCA Stephen Kambi have also been red carded.Earlier, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) moved to the Supreme Court to seek an interpretation of Chapter Six of the Constitution which bars those with questionable integrity from standing for elections.By day end on June 2, there may be aborted ambitions for politicians and many broken hearts for their supporters as the IEBC is determined to bar many aspirants from the August polls. These politicians do not know their fate until returning officers- who have serious orders not to disclose the politicians’ statuses- do so from Sunday, May 28 to Friday, June 2.Experts finished vetting the 15,082 hopefuls on Wednesday and their report sent to the electoral agency on Wednesday where the list has been kept under lock and key.The blacklisting is likely to trigger a huge political uproar as the IEBC has confidentially instructed returning officers to reject nomination papers from blacklisted hopefuls. This will be a shocker for high-flying candidates across the country who may be in that list.According to the Star, those targeted in the crackdown are candidates implicated in mega corruption scandals, those with dubious academic certificates, those engaged in corruption, criminal and hate speech cases.The publication quotes IEBC commissioner Roselyne Akombe as saying that they will rely on the investigating team’s verdict to decide who should be locked out.“We will write to all returning officers with clear instructions not to receive nomination papers from such candidates,” Akombe was quoted on Tuesday.Most casualties of the vetting will be governors who control billions of shillings and who have failed to account for them over the four-year period they have been in office.