Now WETANGULA blames IEBC for BVR fiasco

The Kenyan DAILY POSTNews04:12

Monday, the 29^th of October 2012 - Over the weekend Trade Minister Moses Wetangula blamed the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for the delay in the acquisition of the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits.

Speaking Kapkoi in Kwanza Constituency, Wetangula said the IEBC’s conduct so far has been, quote, “suspicious”;

“The conduct of IEBC over the BVR kits is suspicious. They have kept on assuring Kenyans of the supply of the equipments when nothing is happening,” said Wetangula.

Mr Wetangula also told the IEBC ratchet up its efforts in fighting hate speech among the candidates;

“The IEBC should make use of the powers accorded to it to tackle cases of hate speech and tribalism which are being spearheaded by some aspirants,” he said.

He added;

“The conduct of IEBC in recent by-elections clearly shows that the body has to do much to tackle electoral misconducts and restore trust,” he said.

Wetangula also told the crowd that his Ford Kenya was seeking to form alliances with ‘like minded parties’;

“We are open to consultations because no single party will make it at the elections, but it does not mean that we are automatically going to play second fiddle in such an arrangement,” he said.

The Kenyan DAILY POST