Siaya Senator James Orengo at a past event. [PHOTO/mediamaxnetwork.co.ke]
The National Super Alliance (NASA) will not take part in the coming elections if IEBC have their way with the ballot paper tendering.
This has been revealed by Siaya senator James Orengo.
Orengo said that IEBC must first ensure that all electoral processes they conduct are above board, devoid of bias and misconduct for the coalition to go into the next polls.
"We will not accept Al Ghurair Company's bid to print the ballot papers. We will deal with the issue firmly before the August 8 general election."
He warned IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati that his commission risked being sent packing like the now defunct ECK "which perpetuated electoral malpractices" prior to the 2007 elections.
"We will fight these acts of connivance until everything is done according to the law as defined by the Constitution," Orengo said.
He was speaking on Saturday in Ulumba village, Ugunja constituency where he was attending the burial of his paternal uncle Charles Orengo.
Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi echoed Orengo's sentiments and called for intervention from the international community to help solve the matter over the ballot papers tender.
NASA claims the Dubai firm has links with Jubilee Party leaders and that the tender must be cancelled with immediate effect.
"Our supporters will not accept to participate in an
election that has already been rigged. There is already a crisis,"
Wandayi said.
"We cannot go to an election where our opponent is part and parcel of the process of printing ballot papers.
"There is no way that the government will force a pre-rigged election on the throats of citizens," Wandayi added.