Raila Again Rejects New Oct 26th Polls Date, Says it's President Uhuru's Birthday Gift

Raila Odinga has once again rejected the fresh October 26th date announced by the Independent and Electoral Commission (IEBC) for the repeat presidential election. The former Prime Minister further maintained that there will not be election in the aforementioned day because IEBC has continued to ignore NASA's demands.
On Friday, IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati announced the new date saying they needed to analyse the Supreme Court verdict and its implications to help them fully prepare for the poll.
Speaking in a press briefing on Friday, the Orange Democratic Movement leader alleged the new date was proposed by French Biometrics firm, Safran Morpho, a service provider for KIEMS that they want kicked out.

"With every passing day it is getting clear that our conditions will not be met and so there will be election. We will not allow Uhuru Kenyatta to take our country down the path of failed nations."
Raila claimed that Jubilee politicians proposed the approved date which coincides with President Uhuru's 56th birthday.

"They want to give Uhuru a birthday gift there is no election on 26th,".
"IEBC must invite all stakeholders for consultations. They gazetted the first date without consultation and they have made the same mistake again," he said at the NASA Secretariat office in Lavington, Nairobi.

Raila's remarks were seconded by co-principal Moses Wetangula who rubbished Attorney General Githu Muiga's statement that there is no constitutional vacuum. Earlier in the day, Muigai said Uhuru is legally in office and will remain president until the swearing-in of another elected President.
"If a fresh election will not have been conducted by September 1, Uhuru will no longer be the President. National Assembly speaker Justin Muturi will, in that case, be a caretaker president for 90 days when a fresh election will be held in accordance with the constitution," he said.
"The AG is no fool. He is just being mischievous and dishonest...we are telling him not to play that game on Kenyans. Let him speak the truth."