Gachagua Threatens to Mobilize 10,000 Kenyans to Occupy IEBC Offices

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has threatened to mobilize 10,000 Kenyans to storm the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) offices. 

Speaking during an interview on Wednesday, October, Gachagua said he had agreed with Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna and Embakasi East MP Babu Owino to pressure IEBC to provide details on voter registration in border counties.

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The former DP said if the IEBC fails to meet their demands, they will mobilize Kenyans to storm the commission’s offices. 

“We want to know how many people have been registered on the border in Wajir, Mandera and other border counties. We want IEBC to give us an update; we have agreed with Sifuna and Babu that we are going to IEBC and demand these things. 

“If they don’t, we will repeat what used to happen. We will mobilize 10,000 people to go to IEBC and demand that these processes are well explained,” said Gachagua. 

The DCP leader also said the opposition would direct to occupy IEBC constituency offices across the country until the commission’s chairperson, Erastus Ethekon, addresses their demands. 

“We will also ask Kenyans to occupy constituency IEBC offices in their respective constituencies until we bring Ethekon and the IEBC commissioners to order,” he stated. 

Gachagua also raised questions about the planned audit of the voter register ahead of the 2027 General Election. 

He said IEBC should explain if it has procured a firm to undertake the exercise, which is supposed to be completed by February 2027.  

“We want to know the audit of the voter register; have they procured a firm? It is supposed to be concluded in February; what are plans?”  Gachagua questioned. 

This comes days after IEBC summoned UDA Secretary General Hassan Omar to appear before its Electoral Code of Conduct Enforcement Committee over remarks he allegedly made about deceased voters participating in elections.

While appearing before the committee, Omar said that the statements were a rallying call to the UDA supporters to turn out to vote.

He added that it was impossible for the dead to cast votes in any election, and reminded IEBC that it was its constitutional mandate to conduct free, fair and credible elections.

"It is practically impossible for anybody to be registered as a dead voter and, for that matter, that carcass to be transported to vote, if not in person. Therefore, it was to emphasise the importance of turnout

"Secondly, political jargon is political jargon. Wakihesabu tunahesabu did not mean that we are counting separately. In fact, I was in that formation then. Mukitangaza, tutangaza, but we did not declare our own results then, and it was not a crime then to simply agitate for prudence and vigilance," he stated.