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Resign, UASU tells Kibaki
Published on January 3, 2008, 12:00 am
EA STANDARD
By Beatrice Obwocha
THE Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) has called for the
resignation of President Kibaki.
The union said this was the only way to stop violence and end the
political stalemate that has arisen since Kibaki was declared the
winner of the December 27 General Election.
Uasu Secretary-General, Mr Muga K’Olale, claimed Kibaki was in
power by mistake since the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) had
allegedly admitted that the election was flawed.
"The most logical thing for the Government to do after ECK
Chairman, Mr Samuel Kivuitu, and some of his commissioners
admitted that the process was flawed is to resign," he said.
K’Olale said the President’s resignation would pave way for
acceptable reconciliation and negotiations.
Speaking to The Standard in Nakuru, K’Olale said ‘cosmetic’
committees formed to broker peace and restore normalcy would be a
waste of time if problems were not addressed and mistakes accepted.
He claimed Kenyans were angered by the way the elections had been
conducted, adding that it had watered down the decades spent
fighting for democratic governance, transparency and
accountability.
"By 2002, we had created a new nationhood where communities would
co-exist without fear or intimidation. But this has gone down the
drain," he said.
K’Olale cautioned that Kenyans would not tolerate efforts to
reverse the democratic gains they had made or a return to the
‘dark days of autocracy’.
He also appealed to the East African Community, the African Union,
United Nations, European Union and the United States to intervene
before the country plunged into civil war.
K’Olale condemned the post-election violence in many parts of the
country and appealed to Kenyans to stop turning against one
another.
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