The material day is finally here.....actually, the material day, March 4, 2013, was four days ago.What's not here, however, is the results of the much-awaited election.Every moment up to and including voting day went according to plan -campaigns closed without much friction and voting was peaceful.Then, the usual shenanigans started.The electronic system that is supposed to shorten the tabulation and transmission of votes was jettisoned for the older, more familiar but infamous manual tallying.
This happened amid claims of lack of system integrity by various quarters.My thoughts on this: That is o.k; The way i see it there's really no issue with manual tallying of votes save for the delayed counting, transmission and pronouncement of results.But it appears we're still not out of the woods even with the manual vote tallying, which at this moment is nearing completion with more than 9.7 million valid votes tabulated, because elements of the civil society have moved to court questioning the integrity of the vote.
Lawsuits and counter-suits aside, the pertinent question remains:WHERE do we go from here? A simple question with a not-so-simple answer.First, I am not a pundit on matters litigation but i believe the High Court should throw out redundant cases that are meant to complicate and forestall the conclusion of the electoral process.Second, the IEBC should move with alacrity to conclude the tallying, protests notwithstanding, and announce the final result of the election.It is from this juncture that we will know where to head as a nation.
Long live Kenya
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