Deputy President William Ruto. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]
Deputy President William Ruto has said disbandment of IEBC was a conspiracy to sabotage a fresh election in the hope of securing a coalition government but that will not prevail.
“Our message to NASA is that there shall be no nusu mkate government,” the Deputy President said on Friday.
The Chief Justice has had his day, the Deputy President said, but “ours is coming”.
The DP ruled out any possibility of disbanding the IEBC, saying the opposition was the force behind the establishment of the current electoral commission.
“The IEBC presided over the election of NASA elected leaders. If the opposition has a problem, they should ask their elected leaders to resign,” the DP said.
The Deputy President pointed out that Jubilee got massive support from Kenyans at all levels on August election.
“We won fair and square. We got 800 elected MCAs (56 per cent) out of 1400, 27 Senators (58 per cent), 169 MPs (59 per cent), 29 governors (62 per cent), 31 women reps (66 per cent),” the DP said.
He wondered how Jubilee could win at all these levels and not win the presidency in elections held by the same agency.
Democracy, the Deputy President said, is about the will of the people.
The Deputy President added that the success of Jubilee has a force behind it and that is President Kenyatta.
“We are unapologetic about our victory, and we won’t succumb to intimidation from the courts,” the DP said.