Former IEBC commissioner Roselyn Akombe has sent out a tough
message to Jubilee hours after she resigned from the polls commission.
Akombe fled the country under the guise of supervising
printing of ballot papers in Dubai.
On landing in the Dubai, the former commissioner took a
flight to New York from where she announced her exit from IEBC, citing
partisanship by her colleagues at the electoral commission.
Akombe was interviewed on BBC’s Newsday Programme
where she was queried on whether she was aware that the NASA coalition was
likely to use her resignation to attack the IEBC and to undermine the process
of the repeat elections slotted on October 26.
Akombe, however, was firm that she was not concerned about
Jubilee misunderstanding her position, adding that her personality compelled
her to speak the truth regardless of the consequences.
“I cannot live with an election that is never going to be a
credible election. If it is understood by Jubilee as me trying to legitimize
the process, that is the truth. We have to accept the truth whether it hurts
Jubilee or NASA.”
"There is a very high likelihood that the mistakes that
some of the presiding officers made during the last election will be repeated,"
Akombe remarked.
The former commissioner also criticised recent incidents of
intimidation of IEBC staff by suspected NASA supporters.
“I cannot live with an election that is never going to be a
credible election. If it is understood by Jubilee as me trying to legitimize
the process, that is the truth. We have to accept the truth whether it hurts
Jubilee or NASA.”
"There is a very high likelihood that the mistakes that
some of the presiding officers made during the last election will be repeated,"
Akombe remarked.
The former commissioner also criticised recent incidents of
intimidation of IEBC staff by suspected NASA supporters.
