The 80 new constituencies & the controversy behind it ... Fair or unfair??

Central & Eastern politicians (read PNU MPs) have been up in arms against the new constituencies alleging that Andrew Ligale and IIBRC favored ODM in the new constituency demarcations while RV, NE, Western, Nyanza & Coast politicians (read ODM MPs) are in favor. 

Here are 3 examples of the PNU MPs allegations of bias in the process ... I partly agree with them especially concerning Nairobi constituencies.

1. "In Western Province, the most observable one is with regard to creating three additional constituencies in Vihiga County where small constituencies such as Vihiga and Sabatia are proposed for split. 

Vihiga constituency, where Andrew Ligale the Chairman of IIBRC lost in ODM primaries in the 2007 General Election, has only a population of 91,616 which deviate from the population quota of 133,139 by 66 percent.  Secondly, in the same county of Vihiga, why split Sabatia constituency with a total population of 129,678 into two and yet it fall short the population quota? The two constituencies are also not so big geographically as Vihiga is only 90 square kilometres while Sabatia is only 110 square kilometres." - Kabando wa Kabando

2. "In Nairobi County, Dagoretti constituency has a population of 329,577 and it is not among the constituencies earmarked for split and yet Westlands, with a population of 247,102 has been proposed for a split into two. Another question... why create two additional constituencies in Langata which has almost the same population size with Dagoretti and leave the latter intact? " - Kabando wa Kabando

3. "It is not clear why the IIBRC did not consider caving new constituencies in Kericho and Bomet counties. At least Bomet with a population of 233,271, Belgut (202,591), and Kipkelion (206,590) should have been considered for split." - Kabando wa Kabando

I don't think we need a complete redo of the process ... Only the discrepancies especially in Nairobi County need to be rectified as well as in Vihiga County. Bomet & Kericho Counties got a fair allocation of new constituencies ... no more no less ... same applies to Nandi & Uasin Gishu Counties ... The newly allocated constituencies in these counties meet the laid out benchmarks i.e. approximately 133, 000 people per constituency. Kabando wa Kabando's article (from which I quoted above) is full of propaganda & untruths ... He wrote the mentioned article before he read the original list of the new constituencies, therefore, his arguments are faulty considering the above posted list of new and old constituencies. For instance, he argues that: "It is not clear why the IIBRC did not consider caving new constituencies in Kericho and Bomet counties. At least Bomet with a population of 233,271, Belgut (202,591), and Kipkelion (206,590) should have been considered for split." However, the list contradicts him in that ... Kipkelion was split into Kipkelion East & West while Bomet was split into Bomet Central & East. Sigowet constituency on the other hand was curved out of Belgut constituency.