The tyranny of numbers came t pass and we have president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta. Raila is better advised to hung his political gloves to save himself from further embarassment.
Kenyans have decided and they have Uhuru Kenyatta as their 4th president. It is both a new dawn littered with challenges.
But hey, democracy comes with a price and the Kenyan voter damned the consequences and made the bed they must now lie on.
Raila might win the court case, but badly lose in the subsequent election. But since he will be suing the IEBC, the judges can not give him the presidency. He must go for another election. How then does he expect the same IEBC that he has sued for inefficiency to do a better job within 60 days?
The new election may be even more poorly managed by IEBC because it will not get enough funds in time, the electronics that went dead may not be repaired in time and those he claims shut the gadgets can still do it again. He was behind Uhuru by over 800,000 votes. If the court rules another election, the smaller candidates, other fringe candidates like Dida and Mudavadi may not want to vie again. It will be Raila and Uhuru.
Now many people who voted for him will not see the need of voting again because they know the 800k gap cannot be bridged, even if he is given all the other non-Jubilee votes on a silver platter. People are fatigued and voter turn out will be low-and he stands to suffer more from this than Jubilee.
Raila's former sponsors and supporters may not be ready to do so again. Many of his supporters who vied for various elective posts and lost will not see the need of spending an extra penny campaigning for him. Those who have been elected will not see the need to spend any more money campaigning for him.
Raila will not effectively monitor all the polling stations and this can give the opponents opportunity to cook figures. The best thing.....concede defeat and avoid an embarrassing exit.. I
Make no mistake, Raila's move to the court is the right thing and he has the right to do so. But is not only Kenya all Africa need new way of doing elections which can save lives.
Sunday, 10 March 2013
Raila is better advised to hung his political gloves to save himself for 2017
The tyranny of numbers came t pass and we have president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta. Raila is better advised to hung his political gloves to save himself from further embarassment.
Kenyans have decided and they have Uhuru Kenyatta as their 4th president. It is both a new dawn littered with challenges.
But hey, democracy comes with a price and the Kenyan voter damned the consequences and made the bed they must now lie on.
Raila might win the court case, but badly lose in the subsequent election. But since he will be suing the IEBC, the judges can not give him the presidency. He must go for another election. How then does he expect the same IEBC that he has sued for inefficiency to do a better job within 60 days?
The new election may be even more poorly managed by IEBC because it will not get enough funds in time, the electronics that went dead may not be repaired in time and those he claims shut the gadgets can still do it again. He was behind Uhuru by over 800,000 votes. If the court rules another election, the smaller candidates, other fringe candidates like Dida and Mudavadi may not want to vie again. It will be Raila and Uhuru.
Now many people who voted for him will not see the need of voting again because they know the 800k gap cannot be bridged, even if he is given all the other non-Jubilee votes on a silver platter. People are fatigued and voter turn out will be low-and he stands to suffer more from this than Jubilee.
Raila's former sponsors and supporters may not be ready to do so again. Many of his supporters who vied for various elective posts and lost will not see the need of spending an extra penny campaigning for him. Those who have been elected will not see the need to spend any more money campaigning for him.
Raila will not effectively monitor all the polling stations and this can give the opponents opportunity to cook figures. The best thing.....concede defeat and avoid an embarrassing exit.. I
Make no mistake, Raila's move to the court is the right thing and he has the right to do so. But is not only Kenya all Africa need new way of doing elections which can save lives.
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