Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho has condemned the act of police brutality in dispersing members of Cord led by Raila Odinga as they tried to storm the IEBC office on Monday
Cord was seeking answers over the Okoa kenya signatures and also seeking to evict the commissioners from office claiming they cannot be trusted to manage the 2017 elections.
Police tear gassed the protesters and Cord co-principal Moses Wetangula as well as other key opposition figures.
Mombasa governor who took to his Facebook account to condemn the act, terming it brutal.
‘I condemn in the strongest words possible, the act of police brutality in dispersing members of the Cord fraternity while legally picketing at the IEBC offices in Nairobi early Monday morning. Under the constitution, Kenya has no place for such uncouth and barbaric acts displayed by the Kenya police. Reforms of IEBC is a must if we are to mend the democratic process in order to have a free and fair General Election in 2017. It is only fair if all interested parties build consensus on electoral issues to boost confidence and credibility on both the process and the system,’ read the governor’s post.