Voting Reform Recommended For Kenya

After six months of information collecting and review, the The Independent Review Commission (IREC), looking into the issues surrounded the disputed December 2007 Kenya Presidential elections, handed in their final report to the President and Government of Kenya. While handing in the report, IREC, headed by South African Judge, Johann Kriegler, made the submission that even with a thorough investigation of facts and circumstances surrounding the election, it was impossible to ascertain who really won the December 2007 polls. The Commission could, however, conclusively say that there was great need to overhaul the Electoral Commission of Kenya and its functions. This change, they said, was necessary to avoid a repeat of the confusion that surrounded the 2007 poll results and subsequent violence that followed. In effect, IREC has given Kenya one pillar on which to build a future of peace and stability and part of a road-map through which the country can avoid pitfalls of chaos. The country will do well to heed IREC's advice and the rest of the Continent would do well to look at the report for themselves.


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