In a facebook post by Denis Itumbi, the Director of Digital Communication in the Office of the President, He claims that OKOA Kenya proposal to amend the constitution initiative has collapsed by operation of the law. Though IEBC has not yet released a press release, the post indicates that it is a press release for immediate release.
Here is the statement in full
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SUBJECT: STATEMENT ON OKOA KENYA POPULAR INITIATIVE VERIFICATION OF SIGNATURES
NAIROBI, KENYA: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) during its 142nd Plenary Meeting held on 22nd March 2016 adopted the report on the verification of signatures of registered voters in support of the proposed constitutional amendment presented by OKOA Kenya Initiative.
Article 257(4) of the Constitution states that:
The promoters of a popular initiative shall deliver the draft Bill and the supporting signatures to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, which shall verify that the initiative is supported by at least one million registered voters.
The analysis of the data presented by the OKOA Kenya popular initiative has shown that that the number of valid registered voters supporting the initiative is 891,598. This falls short of the one million registered voters required by law.
Therefore, the Commission wishes to declare that the OKOA Kenya proposal to amend the constitution initiative has collapsed by operation of the law.
The extract of the analysis is attached.
Kenyans on social media have also attacked Denis Itumbi asking whether he is the new appointed communication officer for IEBC
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESUBJECT: STATEMENT ON OKOA KENYA POPULAR INITIATIVE VERIFICATION OF...
Posted by Dennis Itumbi on Tuesday, 22 March 2016
