No ID cards, No Elections: Raila Now Tells Kibaki

In what now appears to be a deliberate move by the government to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters from opposition zones, applicants for new identity cards and those seeking for replacements for lost ones have not been able to secure them since June last year.

The government has given the flimsy reason that this was as a result of lack of some materials used in the process, which has to be imported.

At times, one is left wondering why this government seems to treat its citizens like small children by giving them ridiculous reasons for its shortcomings on matters that are greatly inconveniencing many Kenyans especially those looking for employment and youngster's seeking travel documents to pursue further studies—never mind millions of others who will not be able to access voter cards without this vital identification dosument.

Kenya's maverick opposition politicians led by Raila Odinga read mischief on the governments part in failing to issue these documents to those who should be having them and according to the state, over 500,000 applicants are still waiting for the documents since June last year. The figure could actually be even higher.

Raila, who is probably the most popular politician in Kenya today has seen this delay by the government as a deliberate move to deny him the chance of ruling this country by disenfranchising millions of his supporters from voting in the December general elections.

The Langata MP has now added to his reforms call; no identity cards, no elections. Raila says that the opposition has the capacity to forcefully stop the polls if the government does not give its citizens the cards ahead of the elections.

However, what Raila has not envisaged is that the government can still block millions of potential voters from casting the ballot by issuing the cards after the voter registration exercise is completed. My guess is that the desperate Kibaki government will do just that to ensure millions of teenagers and youths from opposition zones don’t get to vote.

This and many other dirty tricks are part of the governments game plan to have Kibaki cling to power at whatever cost but just as I keep on saying in this blog, if Kenyans have decided that they have had enough from the man from Othaya, they will vote him out whatever dirty tricks his think tank comes up with.

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