Jubilee leaders belong in jail and are people you cannot compete with, Opposition leader Raila Odinga told the press on Thursday.
This was part of his response to a memo by IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati which posed 13 questions on election failures to CEO Ezra Chiloba.
In the memo seen by The Star, Chebukati detailed numerous failures by the secretariat that formed a key part of Supreme Court proceedings.
He raised questions on Al Ghurair Printing & Publishing, security features on election materia, the KIEMS system and the creation of an account in his name.
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NASA's Raila, who faced President Uhuru Kenyatta in the August 8 vote, said Chebukati's memo vindicates the Opposition on rigging claims.
He alleged massive rigging in the general election and filed a petition at the Supreme Court, whose verdict was for a fresh election on October 17.
"Shame on you. You should not be standing in front of people and chest-thumping that you won the elections," Raila told the President.
"You did not win. Allow Kenyans to elect their leaders. You [Uhuru Kenyatta] and DP William Ruto are a big shame."
The ODM leader said they are not afraid of the repeat vote.
"...sisi tulisema kama tutashindwa tutakubali. Lakini tushindwe sawa sawa si kama Jubilee wenye wanaiba ushindi wetu...tutarudia uchaguzi kama barabara yote imesafishwa," he said.
This loosely translates to: "We said we will accept defeat. But let us lose under proper circumstances, unlike Jubilee who steal our victory...we will go back to the ballot once all roads are thoroughly cleaned."
The Opposition chief further said they cannot return to the ballot before the issues in the memo are addressed and a clean-up of the IEBC done.
"Hatuwezi rudi kwa uchaguzi kama maneno haya hayajatatuliwa...kiwanyanja bado iko na mawe na miba...hatuwezi cheza hivyo.. lazima tutoe hizi vitu (We will not go back to the election before these issues are addressed...the field still has stones and thorns...we cannot play that way...we must remove these things)," he said.
"La sivyo watacheza pekee yao (or else they will play alone)..These people are guilt...they denied Kenyans a free and fair election and we can't go to the elections with these same characters."
HIGH STAKES ELECTION
Raila and others in the Opposition had made demands for an overhaul of the IEBC and a change of the election date.
Chebukati constituted a team that will oversee the election and issued guidelines for the election.
But the ruling party rejected the list, secretary general Raphael Tuju claiming members are known to be partisan.
"We have received credible information that in the list, there are people known to be partisan," he said on Wednesday.
He listed Marijan Hussein (project coordinator), Salome Oyugi (head of legal), Decimah Mmayi, Chispie Owiye, and Joseph Ayatta. Others are Joyce Euom, Tabitha Mutemi, Limus Onyango and Caroline Manyange.
More on this: KIEMS review, Chiloba out: NASA gives IEBC list of demands for poll
Also read: Jubilee rejects Chebukati election team, wants 9 members replaced
Earlier, a union of independent commission workers moved to court seeking orders to stop IEBC from sacking Chiloba and some secretariat officials.
They want the court to stop the commission's bosses from taking any form of disciplinary action against the officials.
The battle for the top seat has toughened, Uhuru saying he is sure he will defeat Raila again and criticising the Judiciary as needing a "fix".
He said he won the 2013 general election, that the odds are stacked in his favour and that he is sure of a smoother ride due to Jubilee's performance and track record.
But during his tour of Nyamira county on Tuesday, the NASA principal said thieves must go home and asked the people to vote again with a vengeance.
Read: Don't dictate us how to express our disappointment, Uhuru tells Judiciary
Also read: Vote with vengeance for 'thieves' to go home, Raila tells Nyamira
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