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WHY IEBC MUST NOT RENEGE ON THE 48,000 VOTERS.



WHY IEBC SHOULD NOT RENEGE ON ELECTION RULES.
Wafula  Chebukati, must be the most troubled man, sitting on such a hot seat that is the IEBC chair. I am intrigued by his meeting with the presidential aspirants yesterday and how the contenders are pushing him over the cliff to waver on laid down rules concerning presidential nominations.
I don’t find any reason why a country like Kenya should register such a huge number of aspirants for the post of president. It is preposterous and laughable for IEBC to waste resources including all these twenty aspirants in the ballot paper. Even if having such an astronomical number of aspirants does not affect the cost of the ballot paper, it will definitely create a huge impact on the final tally of the presidential votes.
 It will lead to lots of spoilt votes. The vast list of contenders will lead to confusion especially on illiterate and semi illiterate voters who have nobody to help them vote their preferred candidate. There will be wastage of time as voters read through to find their choice, and this could either lead to some voters being left out or the voting time being prolonged, which suspense could breed chaos as voters are kept for long wait to know the results of the winner.
Apart from wasting election time, it will eat into the counting and therefore denying IEBC ample time to do a precise and accurate job with limited errors. More time will be wasted in the counting of their votes, and as if that is not enough, they will force the election into a run-off, in which they will not be contestants of.
Well it is not possible or rational to lock out these independent candidates from the presidency race, on the basis of saving on time and resources, however, they must abide by the rules, regulations and laws set to be observed by presidential candidates. This is why IEBC should not renege on the rule which compels a presidential aspirant to collect signatures of 48,000 voters, who do not belong to any party.
This rule is logical. How can you be a president of 44 million Kenyans if you can’t even have only 48,000 voters out of a mammoth 19 million voters, who supports your ideologies and have confidence in you. As it is, these independent candidates are not honest in their bid to be president. It is impossible to become a president without supporters, otherwise how will you rule the country? A mere screaming and ululating, another candidate is a failure, can never make you a successful leader or a better candidate. They need to first endear themselves to Kenyans, who will endorse them for the course of presidency. For now let them eat humble pie and build their popularity. Political leadership is not a handout to be dished out just like that.



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