Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chairman Wafula Chebukati has hit out at retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration accusing it of having a preferred candidate during the last year’s hotly contested general elections.
Wafula Chebukati who was delivering a keynote speech at the 19th International Electoral Affairs Symposium and Awards ceremony in Portugal stated that the former regime wanted credentials to access the servers to compromise the election results.
He also went ahead to state that despite the threats and intimidations, the rogue regime failed to access the servers because they had invested heavily in the technology that was used during last year’s general election.
He also informed the event that despite the technology that was used, impunity is still one of the problems that is being experienced during the election period. Wafula Chebukati said that IEBC staff was intimidated, others were assaulted while others were killed.
He also went ahead and thanked the Supreme Court of Kenya for validating that the technology that was used during last year’s general election provided transparency so the election results could be verified and its integrity assured to the people.
This comes after the Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga continued his attacks on Wafula Chebukati accusing him of bungling the last year’s general elections. Raila also said Chebukati should be jailed and that the results of last year’s elections have not been published up to date.
By Newshub