Mr Mudavadi said the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and its chairman Wafula Chebukati “also fell under the improper influence of various foreign envoys”. He was frustrated with the envoys in Nairobi, he said, and asserted that they had sometimes contributed to the crisis. IEBCFurther, he has also met US Senator Christopher Coons, one of the most influential voices in the senate on Africa, and who chairs the House Foreign Relations Sub-Committee on African Affairs. NASA'S DEMANDSEU election observation mission boss Marietje Schaake confirmed at the time that she held meetings with the opposition chiefs. The envoys also tried to intervene as the opposition escalated its demands for “irreducible minimums” before the repeat election.

Source: Daily Nation November 13, 2017 19:39 UTC