Kenya: Lobby Group Wants August Polls Postponed, Says IEBC Not Ready

A lobby group which says it is affiliated to the Jubilee Party general now wants the elections set for August 8 postponed until December, citing what it claims is unpreparedness by the electoral commission.

The group, calling itself Jubilee Lobby Group for Reforms (Jubilog), argued that the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is not prepared to handle free and fair elections and the August date should be pushed by four months to December.

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