It might thus be instructive that it is only parties that had national nominations that have generated the most negative publicity. Framers of the Constitution recognised the difficulties parties faced and created an opening for IEBC to be called in to run nominations. The problem was that it was trying to arm-twist the agency to use public funds on the nominations. IEBC has allowed parties to ignore rules, guidelines and timelines it issues as part of the electoral timetable. The same was evident within the opposition alliance constituent parties where the issue of presidential nomination is not contestable.

Source: Daily Nation April 21, 2017 18:48 UTC