IEBC chairman Isaack Hassan
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The national chairman of the Friends of Raila Forum (FORA), Micah Kigen, has railed at the Isaack Hassan-led Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for creating uncertainty and confusion by failing to offer guidance on the election mood in the country.
Addressing the media recently, Kigen told the commission to stem the euphoria over the elections mood as it threatened to make the country lose focus on the crucial development agenda.
"IEBC is setting a particularly wrong and bad precedent by failing to address this issue, and on the strength of this, it will make every Kenyan lose track of the need to fix attention on development aspirations", an emphatic Kigen pointed out.
The chairman stated that it was of paramount importance for the country's leaders to expend their thinking, energy and efforts in developing their motherland for the sake of the current generation and posterity.
"It is, indeed, a national embarrassment and betrayal of the citizenry, to see Members of Parliament who are supposed to be the conscience of the nation absenting themselves from sittings in the National Assembly when they ought to be championing the cause of their electorate and formulating legislation on crucial issues affecting Kenyans!" Kigen charged.
It was unfortunate, he lamented, that a majority of the lawmakers in the House were deliberately abdicating their obligations and paying lip-service to what they had been elected to do.
"Are they building the nation or destroying it? Can they be said to be living up to the task of nationhood and patriotism?" Kigen asked, and accused the legislators of failing to measure up to expectations to the detriment of the country.
At the same time, Kigen advised would be aspirants for various leadership positions to desist from orchestrating smear campaigns against their rivals since the dirty exercises would only lead to casting of serious doubts on their leadership capabilities.
The chairman advised the aspirants to conduct themselves with a modicum of respect and political maturity in the run up to the general elections.
"If you seek to be a father of the nation, you should not belittle others or drag their reputations through the mud unnecessarily. You should instead commit yourself in outlining what vision you have for the country but not bad mouthing others for your own self-aggrandizement", Kigen advised.
He urged the aspirants to direct their efforts in bolstering unity amongst the diverse ethnic communities in the country to avoid a recurrence of the 2007/2008 post-election violence which led to the deaths of more than 1,600 people, hundreds maimed, thousands displaced and property worth billions of shillings torched.
Touching on the efforts his organization was making in regard to preparations of campaigning for Prime Minister Raila Odinga as the country's next President, Kigen revealed that his team was busy putting up strong and elaborate structures on the ground for the campaign.
"I call upon all our supporters to set up local branches countrywide in readiness for the campaigns", the FORA boss stressed, adding that Kenyans were for change and would definitely elect Raila as their next President in view of his reform credentials, sacrifice and consistency in leadership.
At the same time, Kigen applauded the recent ruling by High Court judge Mumbi Ngugi annulling the appointments of county commissioners by President Kibaki and observed that the rule of law was now flourishing unabated in the country.
"Kenyans now are aware of their fundamental rights more than ever before since their political consciousness has risen a notches higher and they cannot now be dismissed as being raw", an assertive Kigen concluded.
FORA BOSS MICAH KIGEN ACCUSES IEBC HEAD OF SLEEPING ON THE JOB
IEBC chairman Isaack Hassan
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The national chairman of the Friends of Raila Forum (FORA), Micah Kigen, has railed at the Isaack Hassan-led Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for creating uncertainty and confusion by failing to offer guidance on the election mood in the country.
Addressing the media recently, Kigen told the commission to stem the euphoria over the elections mood as it threatened to make the country lose focus on the crucial development agenda.
"IEBC is setting a particularly wrong and bad precedent by failing to address this issue, and on the strength of this, it will make every Kenyan lose track of the need to fix attention on development aspirations", an emphatic Kigen pointed out.
The chairman stated that it was of paramount importance for the country's leaders to expend their thinking, energy and efforts in developing their motherland for the sake of the current generation and posterity.
"It is, indeed, a national embarrassment and betrayal of the citizenry, to see Members of Parliament who are supposed to be the conscience of the nation absenting themselves from sittings in the National Assembly when they ought to be championing the cause of their electorate and formulating legislation on crucial issues affecting Kenyans!" Kigen charged.
It was unfortunate, he lamented, that a majority of the lawmakers in the House were deliberately abdicating their obligations and paying lip-service to what they had been elected to do.
"Are they building the nation or destroying it? Can they be said to be living up to the task of nationhood and patriotism?" Kigen asked, and accused the legislators of failing to measure up to expectations to the detriment of the country.
At the same time, Kigen advised would be aspirants for various leadership positions to desist from orchestrating smear campaigns against their rivals since the dirty exercises would only lead to casting of serious doubts on their leadership capabilities.
The chairman advised the aspirants to conduct themselves with a modicum of respect and political maturity in the run up to the general elections.
"If you seek to be a father of the nation, you should not belittle others or drag their reputations through the mud unnecessarily. You should instead commit yourself in outlining what vision you have for the country but not bad mouthing others for your own self-aggrandizement", Kigen advised.
He urged the aspirants to direct their efforts in bolstering unity amongst the diverse ethnic communities in the country to avoid a recurrence of the 2007/2008 post-election violence which led to the deaths of more than 1,600 people, hundreds maimed, thousands displaced and property worth billions of shillings torched.
Touching on the efforts his organization was making in regard to preparations of campaigning for Prime Minister Raila Odinga as the country's next President, Kigen revealed that his team was busy putting up strong and elaborate structures on the ground for the campaign.
"I call upon all our supporters to set up local branches countrywide in readiness for the campaigns", the FORA boss stressed, adding that Kenyans were for change and would definitely elect Raila as their next President in view of his reform credentials, sacrifice and consistency in leadership.
At the same time, Kigen applauded the recent ruling by High Court judge Mumbi Ngugi annulling the appointments of county commissioners by President Kibaki and observed that the rule of law was now flourishing unabated in the country.
"Kenyans now are aware of their fundamental rights more than ever before since their political consciousness has risen a notches higher and they cannot now be dismissed as being raw", an assertive Kigen concluded.
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