Friday, April 6, 2012

Rutto roots for December



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Chepalungu MP Isaac Rutto has said the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission’s decision to set March 4, 2013, as the date for the next general election is ill-advised. Rutto said: ''If the election will be held on March, it will have a negative impact of education in the country. It will be a nuisance to students who will be in school while the country is engaged in and election gear.The election should be held in December.'' He said IEBC should have considered other factors other than dwelling on the a High Court ruling when setting the date.
Teachers who are supposed to be preparing the students for exams will also be involved in the election. The performance in the exams will be go down,'' said Rutto Chepalungu yesterday. “Just imagine that situation their concentration will be diverted and will impact negatively on their performance so we should also put the interest of our future leaders to consideration while making decisions,” he said.
Mr. Rutto said December would be the best date when every body is in a holiday mood and who have that time to involve them in the election process. “Personally I am for December as the election time because that is the time most Kenyans have free time at home while off duty and that would be the be time to do an election unlike when some are concentrating in their while others are studying” he added.
The legislators said the March date would also affect the food production in the country. “We cannot risk our food security by dedicating our planting season to an election,” he said. He said interfering with concentration of farmers by election might render the country dependant on imports to supplement its food due to shortage. speaking at his chepalungu park yard, Rutto at the same time urged leaders to use their campaigns to preach peace among kenyans.
He said peace in the country was paramount than the election or an interest of individuals saying the country would not pleasure going the 2007 way this time round. Former east Africa community minister John Koech who had accompanied him at Kipsuter secondary school shared his sentiments. Koech said it was time Kenyans embraced one another despite their political affiliation for the sake of peace.

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