Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has said the opposition plan to set up a parallel vote tallying system during the 2017 elections, would be a recipe for chaos.
Speaking on Sunday at the African Inland Church (AIC) in Kapenguria town, Murkomen said only the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is constitutionally mandated to conduct elections hence the country cannot have two referees.
“There will be no parallel IEBC to manage elections. What we should do as leaders is to further reform our Constitutional institutions mandated to run elections to carry out an exercise that Kenyans will be proud of,” said Murkomen.
He claimed opposition leaders were setting the stage for chaos in 2017, after sensing they were destined to lose the coming elections.
“We should strengthen our institutions so that we have a predictable country that cannot lead us to violence after every election,” said Mr Murkomen.
“We should stop dreaming of establishing parallel tallying centers and accept the one that Kenyans have put in place in the Constitution to manage our elections,” he added.
He warned youth against being misused by politicians to cause chaos during elections, saying Kenyans should not fight at the behest of getting politicians into the office.
The senator said Jubilee leaders are ready to engage in peaceful activities during the polls.
He argued that failure by the opposition to attend the Leadership Summit organized by Kenya Private Sector Alliance (Kepsa), was an indication that they do not care about peaceful elections.
“Jubilee will stick by law and will go by the wishes of Kenyans come the next election,” said Mr Murkomen.
He urged leaders to exercise restraint in their utterances to avoid plunging the country into turmoil.
By DDPS.