How Chebukati secretly printed extra results 34A forms

Chebukati secretly printed extra results 34A forms without the knowledge of the other IEBC commissioners.

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Vice Chairperson Juliana Cherera has claimed chairperson Wafula Chebukati secretly printed a second set of results transmission forms without involving other members of the commission.

In an affidavit responding to the petitions filed by Raila Odinga and Martha Karua seeking to nullify the 2022 Presidential election, Ms. Cherera accused the IEBC chair of running a one-man show that shrouded the polls in mystery.

Juliana Cherera says on July 21, 2022, she was in Greece with another commissioner, Francis Wanderi to inspect ballot printing by Eyelpidon-based Lykos (Hellas) SA when they discovered that Wafula Chebukati had instructed the firm to print two sets of forms 34A.

Form 34A is the primary presidential election results transmission form that is filled out at polling stations.

Juliana Cherera holds that various political parties protested the discovery of the second set of documents, boxing the IEBC into calling for a meeting with Presidential candidates to resolve the standoff.

“I discovered that when I visited the firm together with the representatives of the presidential candidates. All along, the Commission had always been aware that only one Form 34A was in be used for recording the presidential results at the polling centres.

“However, on July 21 2022 when commissioner Wanderi and I visited Lykos Hellas to inspect the printing of Presidential Ballot Papers, we were informed that orders had been given for the printing of two sets of Forms 34A, Form 1 of 2, and Form 2 of 2,” she lamented.

The stakeholders resolved to store the second set of documents in a tamper-proof box.

The IEBC commissioner, however, does not state in her affidavit whether the second set of forms 34A is still intact.

Lack of transparency

Cherera also lifted the lid on what she termed as a “pattern of incessant and continuous lack of transparency by Wafula Chebukati”.

She fingered Chebukati for running the commission unilaterally, including overseeing the transfers of returning officers without consulting other commissioners.

The IEBC vice chair observed that she and the three other dissenting commissioners, Justus Nyang’aya, Irene Masit, and Francis Wanderi noted the trend as soon as they joined the commission.

Verifying results alone 

According to Cherera, commissioners who should have helped with verifying and tallying the results of the presidential elections were re-assigned duties relevant to the tallying and verification process and this left Chebukati alone to work on the results which she maintained that the commission cannot own due to the opaqueness of the process.

“Masit, who chairs the legal committee, was placed in charge of hospitality which covered logistics and security while Nyangaya, who chairs the ICT committee, was assigned protocol (receiving VIPs) yet technology was central to the election process,” Cherera complained.

Announcing erroneous results

She added that when Chebukati summoned the commissioners to a boardroom meeting before announcing the results, the commissioners requested to verify the results but the IEBC chairman blatantly refused.

“On August 15, 2022, the chairperson of the commission proceeded to announce what he termed as the final presidential election results which had not been tallied and verified by the commission.

“The chairperson did not indicate how the errors and concerns raised by the representatives of the Presidential candidates and political parties were dealt with. In the said meeting, the commission once again sought to tally and verify the results but the chairperson indicated that he would announce the results and that the commissioners were at liberty to join him at the podium,” Cherera noted.

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How Chebukati secretly printed extra results 34A forms

Chebukati secretly printed extra results 34A forms without the knowledge of the other IEBC commissioners.

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Vice Chairperson Juliana Cherera has claimed chairperson Wafula Chebukati secretly printed a second set of results transmission forms without involving other members of the commission.

In an affidavit responding to the petitions filed by Raila Odinga and Martha Karua seeking to nullify the 2022 Presidential election, Ms. Cherera accused the IEBC chair of running a one-man show that shrouded the polls in mystery.

Juliana Cherera says on July 21, 2022, she was in Greece with another commissioner, Francis Wanderi to inspect ballot printing by Eyelpidon-based Lykos (Hellas) SA when they discovered that Wafula Chebukati had instructed the firm to print two sets of forms 34A.

Form 34A is the primary presidential election results transmission form that is filled out at polling stations.

Juliana Cherera holds that various political parties protested the discovery of the second set of documents, boxing the IEBC into calling for a meeting with Presidential candidates to resolve the standoff.

“I discovered that when I visited the firm together with the representatives of the presidential candidates. All along, the Commission had always been aware that only one Form 34A was in be used for recording the presidential results at the polling centres.

“However, on July 21 2022 when commissioner Wanderi and I visited Lykos Hellas to inspect the printing of Presidential Ballot Papers, we were informed that orders had been given for the printing of two sets of Forms 34A, Form 1 of 2, and Form 2 of 2,” she lamented.

The stakeholders resolved to store the second set of documents in a tamper-proof box.

The IEBC commissioner, however, does not state in her affidavit whether the second set of forms 34A is still intact.

Lack of transparency

Cherera also lifted the lid on what she termed as a “pattern of incessant and continuous lack of transparency by Wafula Chebukati”.

She fingered Chebukati for running the commission unilaterally, including overseeing the transfers of returning officers without consulting other commissioners.

The IEBC vice chair observed that she and the three other dissenting commissioners, Justus Nyang’aya, Irene Masit, and Francis Wanderi noted the trend as soon as they joined the commission.

Verifying results alone 

According to Cherera, commissioners who should have helped with verifying and tallying the results of the presidential elections were re-assigned duties relevant to the tallying and verification process and this left Chebukati alone to work on the results which she maintained that the commission cannot own due to the opaqueness of the process.

“Masit, who chairs the legal committee, was placed in charge of hospitality which covered logistics and security while Nyangaya, who chairs the ICT committee, was assigned protocol (receiving VIPs) yet technology was central to the election process,” Cherera complained.

Announcing erroneous results

She added that when Chebukati summoned the commissioners to a boardroom meeting before announcing the results, the commissioners requested to verify the results but the IEBC chairman blatantly refused.

“On August 15, 2022, the chairperson of the commission proceeded to announce what he termed as the final presidential election results which had not been tallied and verified by the commission.

“The chairperson did not indicate how the errors and concerns raised by the representatives of the Presidential candidates and political parties were dealt with. In the said meeting, the commission once again sought to tally and verify the results but the chairperson indicated that he would announce the results and that the commissioners were at liberty to join him at the podium,” Cherera noted.

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How Chebukati secretly printed extra results 34A forms

Chebukati secretly printed extra results 34A forms without the knowledge of the other IEBC commissioners.

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Vice Chairperson Juliana Cherera has claimed chairperson Wafula Chebukati secretly printed a second set of results transmission forms without involving other members of the commission.

In an affidavit responding to the petitions filed by Raila Odinga and Martha Karua seeking to nullify the 2022 Presidential election, Ms. Cherera accused the IEBC chair of running a one-man show that shrouded the polls in mystery.

Juliana Cherera says on July 21, 2022, she was in Greece with another commissioner, Francis Wanderi to inspect ballot printing by Eyelpidon-based Lykos (Hellas) SA when they discovered that Wafula Chebukati had instructed the firm to print two sets of forms 34A.

Form 34A is the primary presidential election results transmission form that is filled out at polling stations.

Juliana Cherera holds that various political parties protested the discovery of the second set of documents, boxing the IEBC into calling for a meeting with Presidential candidates to resolve the standoff.

“I discovered that when I visited the firm together with the representatives of the presidential candidates. All along, the Commission had always been aware that only one Form 34A was in be used for recording the presidential results at the polling centres.

“However, on July 21 2022 when commissioner Wanderi and I visited Lykos Hellas to inspect the printing of Presidential Ballot Papers, we were informed that orders had been given for the printing of two sets of Forms 34A, Form 1 of 2, and Form 2 of 2,” she lamented.

The stakeholders resolved to store the second set of documents in a tamper-proof box.

The IEBC commissioner, however, does not state in her affidavit whether the second set of forms 34A is still intact.

Lack of transparency

Cherera also lifted the lid on what she termed as a “pattern of incessant and continuous lack of transparency by Wafula Chebukati”.

She fingered Chebukati for running the commission unilaterally, including overseeing the transfers of returning officers without consulting other commissioners.

The IEBC vice chair observed that she and the three other dissenting commissioners, Justus Nyang’aya, Irene Masit, and Francis Wanderi noted the trend as soon as they joined the commission.

Verifying results alone 

According to Cherera, commissioners who should have helped with verifying and tallying the results of the presidential elections were re-assigned duties relevant to the tallying and verification process and this left Chebukati alone to work on the results which she maintained that the commission cannot own due to the opaqueness of the process.

“Masit, who chairs the legal committee, was placed in charge of hospitality which covered logistics and security while Nyangaya, who chairs the ICT committee, was assigned protocol (receiving VIPs) yet technology was central to the election process,” Cherera complained.

Announcing erroneous results

She added that when Chebukati summoned the commissioners to a boardroom meeting before announcing the results, the commissioners requested to verify the results but the IEBC chairman blatantly refused.

“On August 15, 2022, the chairperson of the commission proceeded to announce what he termed as the final presidential election results which had not been tallied and verified by the commission.

“The chairperson did not indicate how the errors and concerns raised by the representatives of the Presidential candidates and political parties were dealt with. In the said meeting, the commission once again sought to tally and verify the results but the chairperson indicated that he would announce the results and that the commissioners were at liberty to join him at the podium,” Cherera noted.

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How Chebukati secretly printed extra results 34A forms

Chebukati secretly printed extra results 34A forms without the knowledge of the other IEBC commissioners.

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Vice Chairperson Juliana Cherera has claimed chairperson Wafula Chebukati secretly printed a second set of results transmission forms without involving other members of the commission.

In an affidavit responding to the petitions filed by Raila Odinga and Martha Karua seeking to nullify the 2022 Presidential election, Ms. Cherera accused the IEBC chair of running a one-man show that shrouded the polls in mystery.

Juliana Cherera says on July 21, 2022, she was in Greece with another commissioner, Francis Wanderi to inspect ballot printing by Eyelpidon-based Lykos (Hellas) SA when they discovered that Wafula Chebukati had instructed the firm to print two sets of forms 34A.

Form 34A is the primary presidential election results transmission form that is filled out at polling stations.

Juliana Cherera holds that various political parties protested the discovery of the second set of documents, boxing the IEBC into calling for a meeting with Presidential candidates to resolve the standoff.

“I discovered that when I visited the firm together with the representatives of the presidential candidates. All along, the Commission had always been aware that only one Form 34A was in be used for recording the presidential results at the polling centres.

“However, on July 21 2022 when commissioner Wanderi and I visited Lykos Hellas to inspect the printing of Presidential Ballot Papers, we were informed that orders had been given for the printing of two sets of Forms 34A, Form 1 of 2, and Form 2 of 2,” she lamented.

The stakeholders resolved to store the second set of documents in a tamper-proof box.

The IEBC commissioner, however, does not state in her affidavit whether the second set of forms 34A is still intact.

Lack of transparency

Cherera also lifted the lid on what she termed as a “pattern of incessant and continuous lack of transparency by Wafula Chebukati”.

She fingered Chebukati for running the commission unilaterally, including overseeing the transfers of returning officers without consulting other commissioners.

The IEBC vice chair observed that she and the three other dissenting commissioners, Justus Nyang’aya, Irene Masit, and Francis Wanderi noted the trend as soon as they joined the commission.

Verifying results alone 

According to Cherera, commissioners who should have helped with verifying and tallying the results of the presidential elections were re-assigned duties relevant to the tallying and verification process and this left Chebukati alone to work on the results which she maintained that the commission cannot own due to the opaqueness of the process.

“Masit, who chairs the legal committee, was placed in charge of hospitality which covered logistics and security while Nyangaya, who chairs the ICT committee, was assigned protocol (receiving VIPs) yet technology was central to the election process,” Cherera complained.

Announcing erroneous results

She added that when Chebukati summoned the commissioners to a boardroom meeting before announcing the results, the commissioners requested to verify the results but the IEBC chairman blatantly refused.

“On August 15, 2022, the chairperson of the commission proceeded to announce what he termed as the final presidential election results which had not been tallied and verified by the commission.

“The chairperson did not indicate how the errors and concerns raised by the representatives of the Presidential candidates and political parties were dealt with. In the said meeting, the commission once again sought to tally and verify the results but the chairperson indicated that he would announce the results and that the commissioners were at liberty to join him at the podium,” Cherera noted.

Also read,

Interior ministry reshuffles eight county commissioners facing an onslaught from Ruto allies

Wafula Chebukati hires 26 law firms on taxpayers’ money for the Supreme Court case

DCI issues preliminary forensic report on “compromised” IEBC election system

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