JUBILEE COALITION Releases a Very STRONG PRESS STATEMENT concerning DELAY OF POLL RESULTS...

Jubilee Coalition Press Statement
Date: Wednesday 06/March/2013
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The Jubilee Coalition congratulates
Kenyans for turning out in large numbers braving the long queues and scorching sun to carry out
their democratic right to cast their votes. We commend them for
their resolve to make Kenya’s 2013 General Election a resounding success. The Jubilee Coalition is however,
deeply concerned about the shadowy, suspicious and rather
animated involvement of the
British High Commissioner to
Kenya Dr Christian Turner in Kenya’s 2013 General Election. The British High Commissioner, in
cahoots with one Maina Kiai have
been canvassing to have rejected votes tallied in an attempt to deny the Jubilee Coalition outright
victory as indeed all indicators are
showing at the moment.
The British High Commissioner
should accept that Kenyans have
spoken and their sovereign will
should be respected and his role
should be strictly limited to that of
observer.
Further, we at Jubilee Coalition are
alarmed by the abnormally high
influx of British Military personnel
in the country which began around the voting day, under the
pretext of training. Kenya and Britain are traditional friends, but can the British High Commissioner
explain to Kenyans the sudden upsurge of British military
presence in the country.
We are also in constant touch with our Jubilee team in Mombasa and we are aware that our team
is preparing to make a statement over the shameful and unlawful incident involving tampering with ballot boxes. We commend the police for apprehending the
culprits and now ask the IEBC to move with speed to investigate
and explain to Kenyans the full
details of this serious malpractice.
Further, we ask the IEBC to also explain why there is absolutely no
presidential poll results from
Mombasa County 60 hours after the close of polling whereas all
the parliamentary results for same
county have been tallied, verified
and released.
Similar electoral malpractices have
been reported in North Horr,
Marsabit County and in the last few hours, according to reliable
reports reaching us, this is also taking place in Kisumu County. Regarding the inclusion of rejected votes into the national poll tally, the Jubilee Coalition is
scandalised that sensible Kenyans
can even so much as think of including condemned ballots in
the final result. The logic behind this is suspect and sinister. Just ask yourself;
1) If you mistakenly put a county
representative ballot into the presidential ballot box, why would
that influence the outcome of the
presidential vote?
2) If an IEBC officer fails in his or
her duty to stamp a ballot paper,
that automatically makes it a spoilt
ballot. So on what grounds does
the IEBC team transfer the blame and responsibility of that
condemned vote to the presidential candidate? And is
that not tantamount to directly
sabotaging the election at the
polling station?
As we await satisfactory answers
to these disturbing questions, the
Jubilee Coalition calls on our supporters and the nation at large
to remain calm and peaceful.
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Signed
Hon. Charity Ngilu, EGH
For The Jubilee Coalition
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JUBILEE COALITION ADVISORY
COUNCIL
JUBILEE HOUSE
MUSA GITAU ROAD, OFF WAIYAKI WAY