DCI responds to Raila over the poll dossier probe
DCI responds to Raila over the IEBC whistleblower poll dossier probe after the Azimio leader criticized the investigating authority
DCI responds to Raila over the IEBC whistleblower poll dossier probe after the Azimio leader criticized the investigating authority.
Director of Criminal Investigations Mohamed Amin has denied that any specific people are the focus of their latest investigations over the poll dossier probe.
He vehemently disputed that the leaders of Azimio la Umoja, including Raila Odinga, Martha Karua, Kalonzo Musyoka, and others, were the targets.
DCI stated that they are interested in finding the truth regarding the latest accusations over poll rigging claims.
“The DCI is not going for Raila or anyone else. The most important thing is to establish the truth behind the allegations,” he said. “We just want to know the truth including what the whistleblower said and who he or she is.”
It will, however, investigate the validity and authenticity of the electoral commission’s Form 34B that has been circulating online.
Asked what they will do with the findings, he said they will cross the bridge when they get there.
This follows his letter to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission seeking to establish the validity and authenticity of the electoral agency’s Form 34B that has been circulating online.
Amin on Wednesday, January 25, wrote to the IEBC to furnish them with certified copies of the Form 34Bs that were used to declare the presidential results.
The DCI director said the directorate had received numerous correspondences and various documents alleged to be the ‘official’ results, and complaints relating to information circulating across diverse online which is attributed to the IEBC.
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“For purposes of lawful processing of the complaints referred above in line with our mandate, we hereby request that you furnish us with the certified copies of forms 34B that were used to tally, verify and declare the results of the presidential elections,” Amin said.
According to the DCI, the complainants, whose identity he did not reveal, had said that there are several manipulations in the documents.
The DCI chief in a letter addressed to IEBC chief executive Marjan Hussein also warned that anyone found culpable in falsifying Form 34Bs and publishing the same information for fictitious reasons will face the arm of the law.
The probe comes barely a week after the opposition, led by Raila Odinga, claimed that they had official presidential results, allegedly from a whistleblower who works for the IEBC.
The Azimio claim Raila won the election with about 2.2 million votes, having garnered 8,170,355 against President William Ruto’s 5,915,973
The DCI requested the electoral body to furnish them with certified copies of Forms 34B that were used to declare the presidential results.
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