Kisumu residents have taken to the streets in solidarity
with their NASA counterparts in Nairobi who want to force IEBC officials out of
office through protests.
Among those NASA chief Raila Odinga wants out, for allegedly
bungling the August presidential election, is Chief Executive Officer Ezra
Chiloba.
The Nairobi demonstrations are expected to take place
outside the electoral agency’s Anniversary Towers’ offices, despite chairman
Wafula Chebukati’s plea against it.
In Kisumu, the protesters marched peacefully waving placards
reading ‘Chiloba must go’.
Some were on foot and others on motorcycles. They shouted
that reforms must take place at the IEBC.
In the city, tens of anti-riot police have been mobilised
and instructed to disperse demonstrators should the protests turn violent.
