Deputy President William Ruto has broken his silence on a Bill that seeks to bar media houses from live streaming the August, 9 General Elections results.
This means that there will be no real-time monitoring of election results and they can only be accessed once they have been verified and announced by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) as final results.
In an update on Twitter, DP Ruto said sponsors of the Bill are trying to sabotage the freedom of choice, further terming it evil and must fail.
"The never-ending onslaught through election law amendments is a choreographed attempt to install a puppet on the Kenyan electorate and sabotage our freedom of choice and hard-earned democracy
"The plan is evil and must fail. The people have resoundingly said hatupangwingwi," the DP wrote in part.
The DP also took a swipe at ODM leader Raila Odinga stating that the Bill seeks to forcefully facilitate the installation of the former Prime Minister as the president of Kenya.
"The desperate efforts to install project kitendawili by forceful, illegal, undemocratic & unconstitutional means portends a troubling future for Kenya, its democracy, the rule of law, freedom of its citizens and, ultimately, everyone's well-being," DP Ruto added.
He added; "The assaults on the Constitution through reckless legislative and administrative sleights off-hand, by dark forces operating in shadows, are fundamental ingredients of a coup - the sovereignty of the people of Kenya is under grave threat."
A section of DP Ruto allies led by Soy MP Caleb Kositany also raised concerns on the same, vowing to do what it takes to make sure the Bill flops.
“I am smelling a rat. These people want to rig elections. We will not allow the media and other online channels to be shut out in the live streaming of the presidential election results,” said Kositany.
The Bill was tabled in Parliament by Majority Leader and Kipipiri MP Amos Kimunya.
