Youths demonstrate to oppose elections results [PHOTO/pri.org]
Any person who refuses to accept the August 8 general elections results will be arrested, Interior ministry has said.
The offense will also include those who call for mass action or partitions a section of the country as their monopoly political zones.
This is according to a government document which criminalises “incitement, zoning areas exclusively as belonging to particular candidates or parties, engaging in organised criminal gangs to intimidate opponents, bribery of voters, disruption of opponents’ campaign meetings, and encroachment by people living near forests.”
The offences that will arise after the voting process will include “refusal to accept results, incitement and calling for mass action, disruption of counting of votes, announcing incorrect results, arson, vandalism and interference with government installations within forests — like water resources, communication installations and power lines”.
In separate interviews on Monday, however, Interior Affairs Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho and National Police Service spokesman George Kinoti disclosed that security organs are already in light of these threats and that peace will still prevail before, during and after the elections.
“We have put in place elaborate operations plans which will be executed by our security agencies,” said Kibicho.
“From the security point of view, we are paying a lot of attention to the elections,” he added.