Migori governor, MP urge IEBC commissioners to resign to avert more chaos

Suna West MP Joseph Ndiege has urged IEBC commissioners to swallow their pride and resign to save the country from further chaos.

His sentiments were also echoed by Migori Governor Okoth Obado.

Speaking to the Nation Wednesday Mr Ndiege said the demonstrations will continue until the day the commissioners go home.

“They should save this country from more trouble by handing in their resignations,” the MP said.

“Kenya is bigger than them and they should not imagine that they will preside over another general election against our wishes,” he added.

Mr Ndiege said the IEBC “is seriously tainted that it cannot even conduct a credible election of a community cattle dip management committee.”

“They should stop making more Kenyans to lose their lives in the streets by arrogantly clinging to the office.

“And as Cord, we are not going to relent until the time the electoral body is reformed,” he asserted.

Mr Ndiege told the Jubilee administration to respect the calls from the international community and the clergy to immediately engage Cord leadership in constructive dialogue.

HARD-LINE STANCE

“The continued hard-line stance taken by some Jubilee operatives will sink our economy because the street battles will continue until next year if they do not accept to talk to us.

“I ask President Kenyatta to look at the bigger picture and ignore the pro-IEBC forces around him,” said the legislator.

Mr Ndiege further warned police against using live bullets on peaceful demonstrators.

“The officers who have killed innocent Kenyans should be arrested and brought to book.

“The Cord demonstrations do not warrant use of live bullets because the protests are protected by the Constitution, which is the supreme law,” he asserted.

Governor Obado also urged the IEBC commissioners to go home and save the country from bloodshed.

“Why cling to office when Kenyans are losing their lives? How do they feel when earning a salary from jobs that are causing some Kenyans to die?” he posed.

The governor said the commissioners will “not force themselves to conduct another general election if majority of Kenyans do not want them.”

“I wish voice of reason could prevail at Anniversary Towers (IEBC headquarters in Nairobi) so that the commissioners can go home and look after their cattle and grandchildren,” noted the governor.