IEBC breaks silence over claims of using ghost polling stations to award Ruto more votes in 2022 elections
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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) denies claims of gazetting non-existent schools as polling stations in the 2022 general election
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) denies claims of gazetting non-existent schools as polling stations in the 2022 general election.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Saturday, May 11 responded to claims of ghost polling stations in Baringo County.
In a statement, the commission denied the allegations circulating online that President William Ruto and other candidates got votes from the polling stations in the 2022 General Elections.
“Our attention is drawn to inaccurate and misleading content circulating in social media regarding ‘non-existent polling stations’ allegedly used in the 2022 General Election,” read part of the statement.
This comes after an exposé NTV revealed the existence of schools in Baringo county that were in the directory of the Ministry of Education.
The schools flagged as ghost institutions included Kaptiony Girls High School, Kasaka Mixed Secondary School, Kampi Ya Nyasi Secondary School, and Kasaka Primary School.
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Claims later flew that the aforementioned schools were used as polling stations.
The purveyors of the claims used doctored screenshots purportedly from the IEBC online portal to back their assertion.
However, IEBC flagged the claims as unfounded and misleading.
The IEBC said all the stations would be accessed and verified on its website.
According to the commission, the process of mapping the polling stations is stakeholders-driven and includes political parties and members of the public.
IEBC also shared a link to the 46,229 polling stations which were gazetted before the General Election.
The commission noted that this is in the public domain and urged all Kenyans to check the list for accurate information.
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