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Be vigilant during repeat poll, Raila tells observers
Former US Secretary of State John Kerry, who led the Carter Centre observer mission, with IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati and other officials at the Bomas of Kenya on August 7, 2017. Nas leader Raila Odinga has told observers that they have a second chance to effectively play their role in the fresh presidential poll. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
By SAMWEL OWINO
IN SUMMARY
In the August poll, the Carter Centre had sent former US Secretary of State John Kerry to lead a team of other observers.
Mr Kerry heaped praises at IEBC for conducting a free and fair elections despite the concerns raised by the opposition.
Mr Odinga said the endorsement of the August poll by The Carter Centre is now water under the bridge.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga has told the observer mission in the country that they have a second chance to effectively play their role in the coming fresh presidential poll scheduled for October 26.
In a statement to newsrooms after meeting with representatives of two election observation missions on Thursday – the National Democratic Institute and the The Carter Centre on the preparations of the new elections – Mr Odinga told the observers to be vigilant in the coming fresh poll and pay keen attention to what the Supreme Court found to have gone wrong in the August poll.
“We believe in election observation and see it as a critical part of ensuring free and fair polls if the observers focus on the right things,” Mr Odinga told the Carter Centre delegation.
In the August poll, the Carter Centre had sent former US Secretary of State John Kerry to lead a team of other observers.
Mr Kerry heaped praises at IEBC for conducting a free and fair elections despite the concerns raised by the opposition.
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Mr Odinga said the endorsement of the August poll by Carter Centre which has since been nullified by the Supreme Court is now water under the bridge and the focus should be on the coming fresh poll.