John Githongo affidavit exposes how forms 34A were manipulated before being uploaded to the IEBC system
John Githongo affidavit filed at Supreme Court exposes how forms 34A were manipulated before being uploaded to the IEBC system.
John Mark Githongo, a former journalist and corruption watchdog, produced an affidavit in which he claimed that 56 people were hired to hack into the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) systems during the election.
Githongo introduced a whistleblower who he alleges was a member of the 56-person team recruited to falsify Forms 34A before they were uploaded to the IEBC system in an affidavit that was filed with the Supreme Court.
Githongo claims that the group consisted of 10 supervisors who oversaw the other 46 individuals entrusted with entering, accessing, and modifying data in the IEBC portal.
He further argued that the team was under instructions to maintain the total valid votes cast hence the only way to manipulate the figures was by deducting votes from one presidential contender to the other.
“Their task was to receive the Forms 34A from the KIEMS Kits which were sent to their server/platform which he termed as Uchaguzi Tallying.
After receiving the said data, they would edit the necessary form 34A’s according to the instructions given to them by their leaders and thereafter upload the said edited Form 34A’s to the IEBC portal.
“The team was indoctrinated on the phrase “freedom is coming “and that they needed to be freed from dynasties; in this case, the Petitioner,” read the affidavit in part.
In his affidavit, John Githongo further noted that he received the whistleblower’s personal details and recorded his statement on camera that would be availed to the court in private to protect him and his family.
The whistleblower asserted that employees of the election commission’s IT division assisted in carrying out the operation.
“The form 34A’s from the different KIEMS Kits would be transmitted to the ‘Uchaguzi Tallying” server where they would have access to the said forms. They would in turn edit the said forms to conform to the numbers as instructed.
“After the editing, the edited form 34As would then be uploaded back to the system,” added the affidavit.
The affidavit also showed that the team was under instructions to ensure that those votes were increased in favor of one of the contenders in his strongholds to shore up his numbers in areas where there was a low voter turnout.
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