Ruto claims registered voters in his strongholds removed from IEBC
Ruto claims over 800,000 registered voters in his strongholds have been removed from the IEBC register.
Deputy President William Ruto has now claimed that about one million registered voters in his strongholds have been removed from the IEBC register.
Ruto made the claims on Thursday, 2, May in an address to EU ambassadors.
“Many of the names are people from our strongholds. There is a clear attempt to try some monkey games. They will not succeed but these attempts are a source of concern to Kenyans.”
“We will take a position on this matter. We are writing to IEBC because there was an attempt to obliterate names from the IEBC register,” he said.
He also claimed that Public officials in charge of ICT in the IEBC claim to have data that can determine who will win or lose the August elections.
“They say they are in charge of data that will make whichever side win. That undermines the credible elections. We expect friends of Kenya, the EU to speak to issues of credible elections,” he said.
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Ruto also asked the EU to look into “mysterious ways some people want to use to rig elections” in August.
“There are functionaries in government who want to undermine the capacity of the IEBC. They want to go against the free and fair elections and that is unacceptable in Kenya,” he said.
“… They are not only sabotaging the constitution but they are active agents of undermining a transparent election,” he said.
Chebukati responds to Ruto claims on registered voters
In a quick reply, the IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati dismissed Ruto’s claims
He assured Kenyans that no names are missing from the voter registers.
“Those spreading rumors that the data register has been lost be informed that it is intact. There is no breach or form of interference on the systems that we use to maintain the register,” he said.
“We shall account for each and every Kenyan who registered to vote,” he added.
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