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Viewing cable 07NAIROBI220, PRESIDENT HAND PICKS ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS;

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07NAIROBI220 2007-01-12 08:07 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Nairobi
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P 120807Z JAN 07
FM AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
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INFO RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA PRIORITY 9061
RUEHDR/AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM PRIORITY 5050
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UNCLAS NAIROBI 000220 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KDEM PGOV PREL KE
SUBJECT: PRESIDENT HAND PICKS ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS; 
OPPOSITION CRIES FOUL 
 
REF: 06 NAIROBI 5207 
 
This message is sensitive but unclassified, please handle 
accordingly. 
 
1.  (SBU) SUMMARY: In what opposition leaders are calling a 
"blow to multi-party democracy," President Kibaki on January 
11 appointed nine Commissioners to the Electoral Commission 
of Kenya, without consulting opposition parties.  Although 
completely within Kenyan law, the move sets a bad precedent 
for Kibaki's use of his presidential authority.  Kenyans, who 
voted in the government as a coalition based on consultation 
and consensus, are understandably disappointed.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2.  (SBU) Following months of speculation and scrutiny into 
how President Kibaki would handle the filling of vacancies on 
the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) ahead of the general 
elections later this year, Kibaki on January 11 named nine 
new Commissioners.  As opposition politicians and the ECK's 
Chairman feared, the President did so without consulting 
opposition leaders.  Although, as the Law Society of Kenya 
(LSK) quickly pointed out, the President has the 
constitutional authority to make appointments solely at his 
discretion, tradition has held otherwise.  The result of a 
"gentleman's agreement" in 1997, nominations have been made, 
until now, by all parties in Parliament.  With a large number 
of seats previously held by opposition-nominated 
commissioners empty (9 out of 22) just months before the next 
election later this year, the matter of new Commissioners had 
taken on high political significance.  Opposition party 
members feared the President would "stock" the ECK with 
Commissioners favorable to him to smooth the way for his 
re-election. 
 
PATRONAGE RULES 
--------------- 
 
3.  (SBU) The president's unilateral action has infuriated 
opposition and civil society leaders who are vowing to take 
action.  MP and presidential hopeful Kalonzo Musyoka decried 
the nominations, characterizing the President's move as a 
setback for Kenya's democratic development.  An officer of 
the Institute for Education in Democracy (IED), a Kenyan NGO 
specializing in voter education, highlighted his concerns to 
poloff that the appointments would seriously undermine voter 
confidence in the electoral system in Kenya.  The cronyism 
behind the new appointments would lead voters to question the 
integrity of the coming election.  However, he continued, the 
move could backfire in that it has given the opposition an 
issue to take to voters against the government. 
 
4.  (SBU) A small bright spot, the new commissioners 
represent a wide geographic spectrum, include 3 women, are 
relatively younger and better educated than past 
commissioners, and many are well-respected lawyers.  However, 
each one has a link to someone in Kibaki's inner circle and 
three of them are very clearly Kibaki's men.  Muturi Kigano, 
currently on the board of the Kenya Ports Authority, has in 
the past served as Kibaki's lawyer.  Luciano Riunga Raiji, 
also from the Mt. Kenya area, is the younger brother of Aaron 
Ringera, Director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission 
(KACC).   Samuel Arap Ng'eny, a longtime Kibaki supporter and 
Kalenjin, was formerly Deputy Speaker of the National 
Assembly.  With the addition of the new Commissioners, all 
but three of the 22 commissioners are clearly pro-government. 
 
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER... 
----------------------- 
 
5.  (SBU) Less than two weeks ago in his New Year's Day 
address President Kibaki pledged to "forge a stronger sense 
of national unity," and build consensus on all outstanding 
matters of national importance."  The January 11 appointments 
send entirely the opposite message, critics argue.  The IED 
raised concerns that the Kibaki's motivation was purely 
political.  Also ironic is that Kibaki himself had benefited 
from Moi's respect for the 1997 "agreement," having been 
consulted on previous nominations as an opposition member. 
 
COMMENT 
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6.  (SBU) The ECK appointments are a poorly calculated first 
step of the election year.  Kenyans do not need to recall 
that far back to be reminded of a time when heavy-handed 
authoritarianism (Moi) was the order of the day.  Civil 
liberties in Kenya have grown a great deal since then; the 
President's actions yesterday will surely concern voters 
about what to expect from a second Kibaki administration 
should he be re-elected.  END COMMENT. 
RANNEBERGER