A segment of the Kenyan clergy has called on lawmakers to abstain from interferometer with the Independent and Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) voter counting process.
The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) and the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) encourage political pioneers to allow the IEBC time and space to carry out its constitutional mandate.
The clerics were alluding to a reported dispute on Friday at the Bomas of Kenya, the national counting middle.
“Appreciating that national focus is on the presidential poll, we note that the law requires the chairman of the Independent and Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to verify and tally all the form 34As,” said Fr Ferdinand Lugonzo, the General Secretary of KCCB in a statement read jointly with Rev Chris Kinyanjui Kamau, the General Secretary of the NCCK.
“As religious leaders, we wish to make a special appeal to the presidential candidates, their agents and all their supporters, kindly maintain the commitment to peace and encourage your supporters to be patient,” these statements were made during a press conference.
