Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Chairman Wafula Chebukati takes the oath of office at Supreme Court on January 20, 2017. IEBC has lost credibility widely as a result of many Nasa court cases that have poked holes into its processes. [Photo: nation.co.ke]Politicians must now end conspiracy theories they have been spreading around against the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to enable the electoral body to regain credibility that had been badly eroded by a battery Nasa court cases.Communication Strategist Mark Bichachi has said that if the trend does not stop, the rising political tension in the country with only 17 days to August 8 polls, will get from bad to worse.Speaking on Thursday on Citizen TV's Opinion Court show, Bichachi stated that the political class has the ability to create public trust in IEBC by avoiding more rhetoric that discredits the electoral agency."The problem with conspiracy theories is that if you look hard in the dark, you will always see a ghost. Politicians must stop acting like children where every small thing they have against the IEBC, they have to bring it to the media. This raises tensions in the country. Anti-IEBC propaganda must end because we need this country after elections," said Bichachi.On the other hand, Bichachi noted that IEBC must also live up to the expectations of Kenyans by ensuring that voters are well informed on all matters that they need to know as pertains the August 8 polls.Lawyer Kamotho Waiganjo speaking at the same time urged the electoral body to ignore the politicians and ensure that Kenyans 'understand its challenges, where it is and what it is doing'."By IEBC doing this, it will ensure that we are all moving together and even if things go wrong on August 8, we will know we have a commission that we trust. Having a trustworthy commission is all we need and that is what the commission should invest in the next 18 days," he said.

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