HON KINANA LAUNCHES EAC ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION TO KENYA GENERAL ELECTIONS

The East African Legislative Assembly Speaker Emeritus, Hon. Abdulrahman Kinana today launched the EAC Election Observer Mission to the March 2013 General Elections in the Republic of Kenya at the Hilton Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.

Addressing the media, Hon. Kinana said a credible electoral process was a critical lever in promoting political integration and strengthening democratic processes in the EAC regional integration agenda. The leader of EAC Observer Mission noted that observer missions can only accompany the process. 

“Kenyans will determine how to express their democratic rights under a new, vibrant political dispensation”, We look forward to elections that strengthen and advance the democratic culture in East Africa, and that contribute to the peace and security East Africans enjoy”, asserted Hon. Kinana.

At the media launch, the Secretary General of the East African Community Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera called upon all Kenyan electorates to exercise their democratic right and civic duty and participate massively and peacefully in the March 4^th General Elections.

The Secretary General also called upon all stakeholders to ensure that the elections are concluded in a peaceful manner and wished all the candidates to accept the outcome of the elections in the interest of peace, brotherliness, national interest, regional integration, development and good neighbourliness in East Africa.

The Media Launch was attended by EAC Ambassadors/High Commissioners based in Nairobi namely Angelina Wapakhabulo (Uganda), Nibigira Ezekiel (Burundi), Batilda Burian (Tanzania), and Yamina Karatanyi (Rwanda).