The Executive Director at Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), who was also an observer for the Kenya Elections Dr. Emmanuel Akweteh says the observers should not be blamed for the Kenya electoral issues.
According to him, Observer Groups do not determine the outcome of elections in any country they are sent to work.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he explained that the observer missions don't directly handle the results of the electoral commission of Kenya.
"We are only to observe and give our report and that is what we did.
"You cannot blame any observer mission group for even the decision of the court," he said.
A ruling by Kenya’s Supreme Court which annulled the results of last month’s presidential election due to irregularities – has undoubtedly cast doubt on the credibility of key observers of the Kenyan polls, including former Presidents John Dramani Mahama of Ghana and Thabo Mbeki of South Africa.
The international observers and their leaders could neither investigate the hacking .etc. allegations on the spot nor stop the declaration of the results, which the IEBC alone was empowered to do.
The two leaders however engaged the IEBC and reported back to observers and the international media the IEBC had rejected the allegations by Raila & Co.
Prezs Mahama and Mbeki repeatedly advised Raila & Co to resort to the Supreme Court to deal with their claims.
Ghana has a lot to learn from Kenya, their election process can be described as of the best in Africa", he emphasized.
Source: Isaac Kwame Owusu/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Will this guy keep mute to let sleeping dogs lie? SHAAAAMMMEE ON YOU!
People of Africa! Please "Observe" that "Demon's" Cracy is not meant to seek the best interests of Africa. Observe the disunity, dishonesty, corruption, rancour, fighting, destabilization and the general sense of insecurity that must exist for the Demon's Cracy to "work". Observe the retrogression of societies. The moral decadence. What Africa needs is "Divine Cracy". A Government of God for God's People. Peace of Mind. Joy. Charity. Prosperity. Let us be our best selves.
Dear Bright, The Kenya issue raises serious questions about election 'observation' in Africa. In the end it boils down to legitimating whatever results that the so-called 'independent' electoral commissions declare, irrespective of how it is made up. To reiterate, observer missions are limited to observing the voting procedure and how results are declared. They have 'no opportunity' to have insights into how the results are transmitted and that are declared are made. So Bright, I appreciate the difficulty of 'observing' African elections. But my worry then is that 'passive observing' like the type you people do appears to be unfruitful in the end. I remember, with trepidation, what the passivity of the UN Observer Mission in Rwanda led to in 1984. In the end their mandate became "to observe" how 800000 plus innocents were hacked to death with machetes. be proactive next time when you go to 'observe' ... Haba, the Kenyan apex court spoke clearly and you are still talking 'credible'? Help Africans a bit to grow their democracies!!!
So then it's not necessary to observe polls
Fuuuulish talk.You think their supreme court is as corrupt as our own.Apuuuuu.
I agree; Kenyan elections were profoundly credible. Odinga will lose by a larger margin in the repeat elections.