Kieni MP Kanini Kega. Photo: allafrica.com
A section of Jubilee Party leaders have hit out at National Super Alliance (NASA) for planning to have a parallel tallying centre during the August general election.
Led by Nyeri Senator Mutahi Kagwe and Kieni MP Kanini Kega, the leaders said NASA co-principal Raila Odinga's announcement was unfortunate and not good for the country.
They also said such an action will make the country relapse into chaos just like after the 2007 polls.
"We have never heard a candidate who says he will have his own tallying centre and declare his own results," Kagwe said, as quoted by The Nation.
He added, "We are sending a stern warning to one Raila Odinga, he is in no capacity to have his own tallying centre, which is illegal, or declare who wins the election or not."
On Sunday, Raila said the NASA coalition will count the results and compare them with those by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
"IEBC will announce their results and we will announce ours from our tallying centre for comparison. We will not accept fake results as happened in 2013 at Bomas of Kenya," the ODM leader said during a rally at Joseph Kang’ethe Grounds in Kibra, Nairobi.
In a response, IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati said it is only his agency that has the mandate and authority to tally election results.