Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei was on Thursday morning forced to eat a humble pie after irate voters thwarted his efforts to skip queuing line at a polling station in the county.
The senator, who had arrived at a station in Chesumei constituency with his lieutenants tried to force his way in before angry voters shouted him down, trying to eject him out of the station.
Sensing defeat and danger, Cherargei who was in the company of a local MCA was forced to eat a humble and lined up behind the already agitated residents.
He, however, refuted claims that he was trying to force his way in, and instead laid the blame on the poor organizations of the polling officials. According to Cherargei, the station was supposed to have over three polling streams but had only one at the moment.
"There is nothing big, it is only that everybody is impatient in the line because we are using one stream. It was supposed to be three streams and most people have stayed in the line from 4 am. Everybody is tired and wants the queue to move, that is the issue here...I have not moved anywhere, I am already in the queue and that is okay, we have no problem," stated Cherargei.
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Voters lamented saying it was not acceptable for the senator to just arrive and make his way into the polling station when they had been in the line since 6 am in the morning.
"Here we are supposed to be having four streams but we have only been given one stream. The congestion here is too high. A population of about 3,800 against one polling station is not possible, I have no problem queuing because I am a Kenyan like them" added the MCA aspirant
They, however, said the ballot papers are enough to serve all the voters and that nobody should be worried about being left out.
This comes at a time when voting processes have been delayed in most parts of the country, with the UDA party laying the blame on the delay in logistics. However, the processes have started well in most parts of the country.
