Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition wants to know how well the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is prepared to conduct the August election.
The Azimio coalition’s presidential running mate Martha Karua revealed this during a civil society meeting in Nairobi on Friday.
Karua said the Azimio coalition will write to the IEBC demanding the commission to detail how prepared it is ahead of the August election.
She noted that political parties and civil societies must demand to brief on how the commission will address shortfalls that led to the nullification of a previous presidential election.
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“We should be briefed on how they intend to conduct the elections, the tools they intend to employ and most of all one question, how has IEBC addressed the shortfalls that made the court nullify a presidential election,” Karua said.
Karua said it would be unwise to approach another election before addressing the matter. She said there was enough time for the commission to brief the interested parties.
“It is totally unwise to go into another election without addressing it, if they have addressed, we need a brief and if they haven’t, it may look two months away must something it is not about laws, it is about procedures. We have enough time, we must demand a brief like yesterday,” Karua added.
Karua said she was committed to ensuring the government remains accountable to its citizens if the Azimio coalition wins the election.
She said her formation will strengthen the institutions of the government to render better services to people.
Karua said her support for Azimio coalition flag bearer Raila Odinga is not for recognition but because Raila showed seriousness on matters, she holds close to her which are values the two share.
“But I just know that I do take a stand for him to actually think of considering me, he is not only a man of courage, conviction and belief in himself but he has demonstrated seriousness on the issues I hold dear- on the shared values,” Karua said.
Concerning her leadership style, Karua said she was ready to be criticised by the civil societies as they put the government to task.
She said a government cannot treat its citizens as enemies because any serious government should acknowledge that it cannot fill every gap.
"Any serious government will realise there is a gap it can never fill; citizens gap can never be filled by the government. You cannot treat citizens as the enemy; we will be ready for your questions, we cannot always smile when you ask but we will answer," she said.
Karua challenged the civil servants to be responsible while serving the citizens of Kenya.
"Institutions are made up of people. Until we take personal responsibility until we are made to pay individually, we will not make a country and strengthen the institutions," Karua said.
