IEBC faulted for flouting laws as bribery claims, chaos mar polls

Mbeere North Constituency returning officer John Kinyua checks a pallet at the Siakago secondary school on Wednesday. [Jane Mugambi, Standard]

Bribery allegations, intimidation of voters, and the alleged failure by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to strictly adhere to electoral laws were reported in yesterday’s by-election.

The exercise, which many Kenyans had hoped would be a turning point for the newly constituted IEBC, had all the markings of a sham exercise as the ghosts of past controversial polls resurfaced with a glaring face.