State House spokesman, Manoah Esipisu at a past press briefing. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]
State House has dismissed NASA presidential flag bearer Raila Odinga’s claims that President Uhuru Kenyatta plans to reject the August 8 election results.
State House spokesman Manoah Esipisu said in a statement the “groundless claims” amount to an “inciteful and reckless conspiracy” to jeopardise public faith in a democratic process.
The President has on a number of occasions said he will accept the will of the people.
“We find allegations by his opponents to be mischievous, baseless and absolutely laughable,” Esipisu said.
On Tuesday, Raila said Uhuru was planning to reject election results as he was certain he was going to lose.
“Having had the experience of two very tainted elections, we are fully prepared to protect our vote and avoid electoral theft,” he said at a press conference in Nairobi.
Esipisu further challenged Raila to declare that he would also accept the voters’ decision at the ballot and commit to ensuring the election is held on August 8 under a secure environment as reported by the Star.
The spokesman also criticised NASA’s numerous court cases saying they are meant to derail the electoral process.
A five-judge bench is today expected to make a decision on the IEBC’s appeal against an earlier ruling that the commission should involve public participation in the fresh tendering process for printing of presidential ballot papers.
NASA also filed a cross-appeal on Wednesday, as it wants the court to reverse some judgments it made last Friday, when it cancelled the tender to print presidential ballot papers.