Kivuitu, you are to blame for the disaster that we in Kenya face now

I was shocked and utterly dismayed as I watched how Samuel Kivuitu, the Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Kenya conducted himself in the recently concluded elections. Even in the face of mounting evidence of election irregularities and the continued pleading from the opposition leaders to hold off reading the final results he completely ignored all these calls and went right ahead and announced the results thus leading to grave consequences for the Kenyan nation.

This was a great miscarriage of justice and a great contempt for the people of Kenya. Hundreds of precious Kenyan lives have been lost because of his carelessness and callousness. He needs to be held accountable for his actions.

Many Kenyans highly regarded Mr. Kivuitu and saw him as the best and most qualified person to provide leadership for the 2007 elections. But the actions we saw from him made many of us wonder whether he was operating from another reality. What a disappointment Mr. Kivuitu! You let down every single Kenyan.

Even though Mr. Kivuitu later admitted that he announced the results because of great pressure from other quarters, he should have used his moral and ethical judgement and refused to announce the results given the contentious nature of some of the election returns.

In due time he must be made to answer for his careless and grave actions that have led our lovely country Kenya on a downward spiral.