Former US Secretary of State John Kerry. Photo/commentarymagazine.comFormer US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is the head of the Carter Centre’s election observer team in Kenya has paid tribute to murdered IEBC ICT manager Chris Musando.
“We wish to honour Mr Musando’s dedication to transparent election,” Kerry said.
“Security for elections and all election administrators throughout the electoral process is paramount for the conduct of credible and democratic elections. We hope that his death will not have a chilling effect on voters and electoral authorities.”
The Carter Centre has condemned attacks on IEBC.
“Attacks on the IEBC and other independent institutions, whether verbal or physical, remain an unacceptable form of public discourse,” the Centre said in a statement.
“The Centre further implores politicians to refrain from politicizing this event.”
The observer team founded by former US President Jimmy Carter also called for a sovereign and comprehensive investigation into the death of the ICT expert.
The IEBC, the Centre said should go on with a scheduled nationwide test of the vote-transmission system referred to as KIEMS on Wednesday.
“The success of KIEMS remains an essential step toward increasing stakeholder confidence in the election,” the Centre said.
In its last week report on the August 8 election, the poll monitoring group lauded the IEBC’s performance, while pointing to commissioners’ “inadequate communication with stakeholders and insufficient transparency regarding their decision-making.”