Raila wants IEBC scrapped, advocates for USA electoral system
Raila Odinga now wants IEBC scrapped as he advocates for the US style of the devolved electoral system
Raila Odinga now wants IEBC scrapped as he advocates for the US style of the devolved electoral system.
Azimio coalition leader Raila Odinga wants the centralized, national elections management system scrapped.
Raila wants the country to adopt a county-based, regional arrangement akin to the United States style.
In contrast to Kenya’s current situation, where the electoral body is centralized, Mr. Odinga claims that if the electoral body were devolved into regions or counties, it would increase credibility and transparency.
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Additionally, he advocated for allowing political parties to deputize their members to work for the electoral agency.
“There is always the question of centralisation of election management. Do we need one electoral body to manage our elections or should elections management be devolved to the state regions or counties as in the case of the United States? Should parties be allowed to second their members to the election management bodies? My answer to these two questions is yes,” said Odinga.
Raila made the comments while speaking at the 14th edition of the Leadership Annual Conference and Awards in Abuja, Nigeria, on Tuesday.
In the US, the electoral system is decentralized and while its Constitution does set parameters for the picking of federal officials, state law — not federal — regulates most aspects, including primary elections.
All elections in America — federal, state, and local — are administered by the individual states, with many aspects of the system’s operations delegated to the county or local level.
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