Irregularities recorded during the scrutiny and vote recount ordered by the Supreme Court
Irregularities were recorded during the scrutiny and vote recount ordered by the Supreme Court
Numerous irregularities in the August election have been revealed in the report on the completed recounting and examination of ballots in 41 polling places.
According to the report dated September 1 and signed by the Supreme Court registrar, Forms 34A were missing from six polling locations.
Kakamega High School in Kakamega County, Kawaida Primary School and Kamwangi Primary School in Kiambu County, Chebunyo Primary School, GorGor School, and Kagasik Primary School, all in Bomet County, were among the polling places that were impacted.
The registrar further pointed out that several of the returning officers who were present during the exercise learned about the discrepancies during the recount.
“Other returning officers had no explanation for the absence of Form 34 A book 2. They indicated that they had just learned of the anomaly during the scrutiny.
“The Kiambaa constituency returning officer explained that her presiding officer used book 2 because he had spoilt book 1. They, however, did not present the spoilt Form 34A book 1 for the team’s scrutiny, and the Polling Station Diary (PSD) did not indicate that the Form 34A book 2 had been spoilt,” read the report in part.
Other anomalies noted in the scrutiny of Forms 34A were varying figures in the carbonated copies of Forms 34A which affected 9 poling centres.
In some instances, the agents scrutinizing the ballot papers could not agree on the figures as the numbers were faint.
“Due to feint text, there was no consensus as to the actual figure for the result for Ruto on the Form 34A between ‘282’ or ‘288’ in Ol Joroorok Primary School (Nyandarua county),” the report stated.
Additionally, in some ballot boxes, unused ballot papers were missing. This case was recorded at Kiheo Primary School in Nayandarua County.
It was reported that the majority of the boxes were sealed. However, some of them had discrepancies in the serial numbers.
“There was no evident damage to the ballot box on receipt from the IEBC in regard to Ol Joroorok Primary School (Nyandarua). However, it is noted that there was a small crack in the corner of the ballot box lid.
“There was also a difference between the serial number for one ballot box seal when compared to the entry in the Polling Station Diary (PSD),” the registrar wrote.
The report also shows that the IEBC could not avail ballot boxes from nine polling stations which were ‘non-existent’
The registrar’s report will be presented before the Supreme Court today, September 2 for further assessment.
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