IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati gives an update on the re-run presidential election results at Bomas of Kenya on October 28, 2017. [Photo: NMG]High Court advocate and political analyst Kamotho Waiganjo has expressed disappointment in 'some Kenyans lack trust in independent institutions' which were created by the 'once hailed 2010 constitution'.Waiganjo has said that the 'unwarranted' erosion of public confidence in key constitutional institutions, has been informed by politicians with a sense of 'self-entitlement that for those institutions to be seen to be working properly they have to favour their preferences and tastes'.This, the revered lawyer who also served as a commissioner in the now abolished Constitution Implementation Committee, said was dangerous for a young democracy like Kenya."Our institutions are the only fabrics that hold together our polarized society. Before we can accuse an institution like IEBC, let us first bring evidence, if any, forward. We must accept that there are flaws in our electoral system but agree that what we get at the end of the day is what was many Kenyans choice. As a people, we need to build on the things we have done right before," Waiganjo told Citizen TV's Monday Special.However, Political strategist Daisy Amdany disagreed on the lawyer's point of view on IEBC and other constitutional bodies, saying that questioning on how an institution handles roles allocated to it, doesn't amount to lack of trust."Asking questions and demanding accountability from IEBC or any other public body is our duty as citizens and can't be anything else. IEBC ought to give us more information on the October 26 poll than what we saw today.The ambiguity on voter turnout and KIEMS kits is unacceptable for a process that should have been clear from the start," Amdany said.

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