Ruto plans to import voters in 2027, claims Kalonzo
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka.
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- The former Vice President warned that the waiving of the vetting process along the border counties was politically motivated to shore up President William Ruto's dwindling vote numbers.
Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has alleged sinister plans by the government to import voters from neighbouring countries in a desperate attempt to rig the 2027 General elections.
Mr Musyoka claimed the lifting of the mandatory vetting of people in the North Eastern region before being registered for National Identity Cards, was part of a wider plan to sneak into the country voters from neighbouring Somalia.
The former Vice President warned that the waiving of the vetting process along the border counties was politically motivated to shore up President William Ruto's dwindling vote numbers.
He said Dr Ruto had lost support across all regions in the country and had resorted to measures that risked national security to retain power in 2027.
"All the previous regimes could not have been wrong to insist on vetting. There are serious security implications of the policy decision to lift the screening both locally and internationally" he said.
Mr Musyoka said the desperate move to import and enlist voters from other countries will fail because Kenyans will be more vigilant to ensure the next elections will not be stolen.
He cited the recent elections in Ghana where the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) faced accusations of allegedly importing voters from the neighbouring Burkina Faso, but still lost the contest to the Opposition National Democratic Congress.
"The people of Ghana were extremely vigilant to the extent of warning the imported voters that anyone who tries to vote in the elections will be lynched, putting the rigging plan into disarray," he told mourners during the burial of his former Personal Assistant Daniel Kimanzi Muanga, at Tiva area in Kitui Rural Constituency.
The Wiper leader said President Ruto's heckling in Isiolo on the last day of his North Eastern region tour reflected the political dissatisfaction with the Kenya Kwanza regime across the country and that nothing would improve his ratings.
Earlier, there was drama at the burial when Agriculture Principal Secretary Jonathan Mueke was heckled and forced to cut short his speech over President Ruto's mtu wa ndengu comments, interpreted as a jibe against the Kamba Community.
At some point, mourners broke into singing to force the PS out of the podium in open disapproval of his message, as others jeered him.
DAP Party leader Eugene Wamalwa questioned why the PS was campaigning for mass livestock vaccination, yet his boss told the country that Kambas have no stake in the government program for alleged lack of cattle.
Mr Wamalwa said President Ruto should apologise to the Kamba community for ridiculing them over the mass vaccinations of livestock.
Wiper party MPs said the Public Service Commission had finalised interviews and shortlisting of principal secretaries and that Mr Mueke was trying hard to impress the President to avoid being sacked in the looming reshuffle.