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A senior member of Kenya\u2019s electoral commission (IEBC) has resigned, saying the country is unable to hold credible elections next week.<\/p>\n

Roselyn Akombe said the IEBC was under political \u201csiege\u201d, unable to reach consensus or take any decisions.<\/p>\n

Now in the US, she told the BBC she had feared for her safety while in Kenya after receiving numerous threats.<\/p>\n

Last week, opposition leader Raila Odinga pulled out of the 26 October presidential run-off.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court annulled the result of the original 8 August poll, which saw current President Uhuru Kenyatta declared winner, after finding irregularities.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Ms Akombe said she had \u201cagonised over the decision to leave the IEBC (Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission).<\/p>\n

\u201cMy decision to leave the IEBC will disappoint some of you, but it is not for lack of trying.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have tried the best I could do given the circumstances. Sometimes, you walk away, especially when potentially lives are at stake. The commission has become a party to the current crisis. The commission is under siege.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe commission in its current state can surely not guarantee a credible election on 26 October 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n

And in an interview with the BBC\u2019s Newsday programme, she said: \u201cWould it be a credible election? Absolutely not.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a very high likelihood that the mistakes that some of the presiding officers made during the last election will be repeated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking from New York, she said IEBC members had been voting along partisan lines, without discussing different issues on merit.<\/p>\n

Commissioners and other IEBC personnel were facing intimidation by political actors and protesters, Ms Akombe said.<\/p>\n

She also revealed that she herself had received a number of anonymous threats, and had been put under pressure to resign.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never felt the kind of fear that I felt in my own country.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said she did not \u201cfeel safe enough to be able to go home\u201d in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

The IEBC has so far made no public comments on the issue.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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