Kenya: Say No to 2012 Polls, Big Two Told

16 January 2012

Lobby groups on Monday asked President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga not to give in to pressure to have the General Election held this year, arguing the country was not ready for it.

"Such elections will be sub-optimal," said Mr Kennedy Masime, the chairman of the Elections Observation Group that brought together 10 civil society groups.

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