A top Kenyan election commissioner has quit and fled the
country ahead of an Oct. 26 presidential election saying the vote would not be
credible but incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta restated his commitment to the poll.
The opposition is likely to say the resignation of Roselyn
Akombe, one of seven election board commissioners, is further evidence that the
repeat election is illegitimate.
The Supreme Court last month nullified the Aug. 8 vote on
procedural grounds following a petition by opposition leader Raila Odinga
against Kenyatta’s victory.
Odinga withdrew from the repeat poll last week, saying the
election board had not carried out reforms including the firing of key
officials he blames for the mistakes of Aug. 8.
The resignation heightens uncertainty over a vote that some
independent observers say Kenyatta looks set to win.
Akombe said the election would not be credible and warned
Kenyans to remember violence that followed a disputed 2007 poll when more than
1,200 people were killed. She told BBC radio she fled to New York after
receiving numerous threats that she said came from both sides.
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