NERIMA: Reforms are good, even welcome, but they must benefit us beyond the polls
A voter is assisted by electoral officials to cast his vote at a polling station in Kitui Central Constituency during Kenya's General election on August 8, 2017. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG
Every election year, if you ask an average Kenyan, is a time for reform. It’s one season politicians put to maximum use, travelling the country and ruling the airwaves calling for the change in the composition of the electoral agency, now going by the name Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission. This agitation for change is often mislabelled electoral reforms.
Reforms are not bad in themselves. In fact, they are the reasons Kenya is where it is: A vibrant, multi-party state with one of the most progressive constitutions in the world.
