A senior Kenyan electoral official, Roselyn Akombe, has resigned and fled the country just eight days to the re-run of the country’s presidential vote .
Akombe quit as a commissioner of Kenya’s electoral board by issuing a statement from New York saying the rescheduled vote cannot be free and fair.
He said: “I do not want to be party to such a mockery to electoral integrity.”
She said she had fled from Kenya to New York after receiving numerous threats but did not identify who was threatening her.
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The flight of the high-profile electoral official underlines the growing crisis in the state.
Akombe’s resignation will further undermine confidence in the coming polls, which face a number of tough logistic challenges.
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