A day after acting Interior CS fred Matiang’i warned NASA and their proposed adopt-a-polling station plan, the alliance has hit back saying nothing will stop them.
This sets the stage for a confrontation between NASA and the government in their plan to station its supporters at polling stations across the country on Election Day.
Siaya Senator James Orengo on Saturday maintained that the coalition would go on with their plan, daring Matiang’i to eject them.
“Mr Matiang’i has particularly attacked our plans which we will continue with and ensure other than our polling agents; we will have volunteers and supporters of Nasa who are adopting polling stations. Their duty will be to ensure electoral areas are safe from any misconduct,” Orengo said when he addressed the media at the Kisumu International Airport.
He went on: “They will ensure no bribery takes place at the polling stations and will continue urging our people to turn up in large numbers and vote.”
According to the senator, Nasa has enough volunteers and supporters at the 40,883 polling stations countrywide, with some of them tasked with ensuring no foreign materials enters the stations.
“They will ensure the process that takes place after the polling and counting of votes are done, which is a free and fair transmission of election results, is accurate,” he said.
“We, as key stakeholders, will have people to observe what is happening,” he said. “This influenced our policies on adopt a polling station.”