An MCA who once stripped in a mark of protest has chained himself to the gate of the IEBC's Central Nyanza headquarters.
Gem Central MCA
Fred Ouda stripped over a tweet allegedly written by DP William Ruto, that contained disparaging remarks against Cord leader Raila Odinga.
Ouda chained himself to the gate at about 6am on Tuesday, hours after Raila and other Cord leaders were teargassed in a chaotic march to the IEBC's Nairobi offices.
Cord leaders wants IEBC commissioners permanently removed from office ahead of the August 2017 general action.
They want the electoral system sanitised.
Security officers fired in the air to scare Ouda away but he was not moved. The IEBC
offices in Kisumu's Milimani estate are adjacent to State House.
The ward representative said the teargassing on Monday depicted impunity by the Jubilee government.
“Today, I am ready to die in the hands of police. We cannot sit back and watch a man who fought for police reforms suffer in the hands of the same officers," he shouted.
"Protests are allowed by law and it was wrong for the government to use force against Raila, Kalonzo [Musyoka] and [Moses] Wetang’ula."
AP officers led by county commander Joseph Keitany and Quick Response Team commanders Karanja Muiruri and Augustine Kamaria dashed to the venue to intervene.
They called for reinforcement to keep crowds away,
cut the chain and arrested Ouda, who was taken to
Central police Station.
Ouda sang songs in praise of the Cord principals while being driven to the station. He said Opposition leaders will continue to push for the IEBC to be disbanded.
Keitany said:
“We are not against peaceful protests but such actions will not be tolerated."
But Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma led demonstrators in a march to the offices from Kondele. Police used teargas to disperse them.
ODM's Nyanza branch has organised mass protests that officials said will begin on Tuesday, "to vent their anger on Issack Hassan (IEBC chairman) and his commissioners".
that "we are being told to sit back and wait for a miracle three years after an election characterised by missing forms and ever-shifting numbers in the voter register".
He said via Twitter on Monday that Kenyans have noted with concern the "silence, secrecy, denial and general incompetence" of the IEBC.
The National Council of Churches of Kenya said electoral commissioners have lost credibility to supervise the next poll and demanded that they leave office.
The NCCK demanded electoral reforms, a new Supreme Court and public testing of all electronic equipment to be used in the election.
“Kenya cannot afford another wave of violence or mere police intervention to restrain a disgruntled citizenry from systemic electoral malfunctions,” general secretary Canon Peter Karanja said
at a press conference last Friday.