IEBC must look us in the eye and say, ‘We aren’t ready for August’

In the period preceding the 2013 general election, various observers wondered whether the IEBC was ready to conduct the polls that were due in a few months.

This worry was magnified by the fact that the election was going to be the first under devolved government, making practical and technical requirements even more complicated. But the IEBC, for reasons best known to it, kept saying that it was more than ready to conduct the elections on time.