The failing electoral commission

A politician is never politically neutral. Moi University ignored this fact during the formation of students electoral commission a few weeks ago, for the forthcoming students election scheduled for tomorrow, Friday.

The commission is made up of 90% politicians and political activists, selected through a 'democratic' process and mandated to organize and oversee tomorrow's election. As predicted, most of the members failed to assume political neutrality and ended up revealing their support for certain aspirants.

As the voting day approached, a clear division was formed, with candidates forming tribal coalitions, prominently the CORD and Jubilee. Surprisingly, some members of the electoral commission also appeared to take sides of their choice. They, too, became divided!

Today, some hours before the election exercise, the situation reached its peak during the final campaign gathering held outside the students centre. One 'drunk' supporter from a certain language group messed up everything when he/she threw a stone at an influential aspirant on stage, sparking off war between two tribes we know.

The gathering ended pre-maturely, with the two groups going into a serious battle along the academic highway. The electoral commissioners who were in control of the programming were left to stare at each other's eyes, as if trying to admit their failure.

As a result, several students got injured and were rushed to the campus dispensary for treatment. Where the stones came from is still a mystery because the battle took place along a tar marked road, with some beautiful green grass and flowers on each side.

Until now, tension is still high and what will happen tomorrow after the election results get announced is also unknown. With these political commissioners in charge, do we still expect a free and fair election tomorrow?