The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has planned to hold a meeting on Monday, August 22 with all aspirants affected by the indefinite suspension of election.
The postponed electoral seats were to be held on August 23, 2022.
Moreover, the aspirants affected include those vying for Mombasa and Kakamega gubernatorial seats.
Similarly, candidates for constituency seats – Pokot South, Kitui Rural, Rongai, and Kacheliba were in also affected by IEBC postponement of polls.
Other aspirants are those contesting in two electoral wards seats in Nyaki West in North Imenti constituency and Kwa Njenga in Embakasi South.
Nonetheless, the two leading candidates in the Mombasa gubernatorial race, Abdulswamad Nassir (ODM) and Hassan Sarai (UDA) confirmed they had been invited to the meeting.
The consultative meeting is set to take place at the Bomas of Kenya.
“I am going to listen to what it is because I am deeply concerned, and I would like to interrogate some of the issues directly as to why the elections have been postponed again for the second time,” Sarai said.
“Meeting or no meeting, we just want this election to be held,” Nassir said.
The electoral body Chairperson Wafula Chebukati recently suspended the elections indefinitely, citing intimidation of its staff.
According to Chebukati critical staff in the Commission who performed their duties in the national tallying center have been receiving intimidation and harassment.
He further reported that the harassment has instilled fear within the staff who could not even report to the office.
“This harassment must stop for with,” Chebukati stated.
Likewise, the IEBC boss, outlined the physical assault of commissioners Prof Abdi Guliye, Boya Molu, and th commission’s CEO Marjan Hussein, whom he said was physically assaulted and injured by individuals supporting particular aspirants.
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“We call for the arrest and prosecution of these assailants regardless of their political affiliation,” he stated.
Nevertheless, Nassir and Kakamega aspirant Fernandes Barasa have sued IEBC for delaying the election.