But politicians tend to think differently; for them, scoring political mileage is always more profound than doing the right thing. DIVISIONWe emphasise that Parliament and other constitutional institutions must be respected and spared impulsive and divisive politics. ELECTIONOrdinarily, our politics is highly polarised but the outcomes of the August 8 presidential election, whose result was nullified by the Supreme Court, worsened matters. President Kenyatta is deeply aggrieved and has repeatedly declared, even in his address to Parliament, that the Supreme Court wrongly vetoed his victory. JUSTICEPrecisely, he has emphatically stated that he would not go the polls on October 17 without a fundamental shake-up at the IEBC.

Source: Daily Nation September 12, 2017 19:52 UTC