Khaniri calls for key election reforms before 2022

Vihiga Senator George Khaniri yesterday said that National Super Alliance leader Raila Odinga will not participate in the 2022 polls unless electoral reforms are undertaken.

Mr Khaniri equally asked his supporters to boycott the 2022 elections if the reforms needed to ensure electoral justice are not put in place.

Speaking at Mulele in Sabatia, Vihiga County, Mr Khaniri warned that the country has been home to rigged elections since 2007.

This was the time for the injustice to be corrected before any election is held in the country, he added.

“I will not vote in 2022 if reforms are not implemented. I call on my people not to vote too if the reforms that will ensure justice in elections are not done,” said Mr Khaniri.

The vocal senator, who has set his eyes on the Vihiga governorship, noted that justice in elections is always done when the rightful winner is declared.

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He claimed that Mr Odinga won the elections of 2007, 2013 and 2017 but was rigged out.

Mr Odinga is currently working with President Uhuru Kenyatta to unite Kenyans and correct the wrongs that have bedevilled the country for years.

And speaking separately, Nominated MP Godfrey Osotsi said electoral reforms would guarantee the independence of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). “The need for electoral reforms is the view of everyone and I am in support,” said Mr Osotsi  at Broadpark Hotel in Mbale.

“Recommendations by the Kriggler Commission were not implemented. We need to go back to the recommendations,” said Mr Osotsi.

The two called on Nasa co-principal Musalia Mudavadi to join ODM party leader Raila Odinga in the call of constitutional reforms as he will be a beneficiary.

The two leaders told Mr Mudavadi not to listen to misleading information from some of his advisors who are only driven by personal gain but not the bigger national picture.