Police have been deployed to guard IEBC offices following threats by Cord to forcefully eject commissioners ahead of the 2017 poll.
Coalition leader Raila Odinga claimed the commission helped Jubilee rig the last general election and paralyse the Okoa Kenya referendum initiative.
He told a rally at Kamukunji grounds on Saturday: “We have rejected the referee. Seventy per cent of Kenyans have rejected the referee. The clergy has rejected the referee, tell me any other reason why they should be in office."
Police said the
officers are under instruction not to allow any protesters near Anniversary Towers in Nairobi, where the IEBC's offices are.
"We want the organisers
of the protest to cancel it and seek an alternative solution to their problems," they said.
The IEBC said
on Sunday that it was ready to receive the coalition and engage every Kenyan over the concerns but asked Cord to stop trying to
it.
“The commission will not succumb to pressure in the performance of its mandate. It will hold steadfast to the law and render fair and just decisions,” the electoral body said.
Jubilee leaders dared the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy to attempt to forcefully eject the commissioners.
They warned that they will
which will eventually lead to violence that they said Opposition's leaders are advocating for.
DP William Ruto told a congregation in Dagoretti South that the constitution is very clear on the process of removing IEBC commissioners from office.
Among Cord's concerns about the IEBC is the of its Okoa Kenya initiative for failure to meet the
one million constitutional threshold for signatures.
Cord
containing 1.4 million signatures in October 2015 but only
891,598 were found to be valid.