Ruto writes to IEBC over fresh plans to rig August polls
Ruto writes to IEBC over fresh plans to rig August polls, implicating the government in a ploy to use public officers to interfere with the polls.
William Ruto, the presidential candidate for the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), has written to the head of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Wafula Chebukati, regarding suspected intentions to rig the next general election.
The national chief agent of the UDA, Kithure Kindiki, accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of participating in a plot to rig the election in a letter dated Saturday, July 30 and made public on August 3.
He argued that police officers and national government administrators were being used to compromise the August 9 votes in favour of Azimio La Umoja’s Raila Odinga.
He further claimed that the government had engaged in voter bribery by sending officials to Kenya Kwanza areas on election day to influence voters.
“We have received credible information that the Office of the President is deploying police officers to intimidate and harass voters to support the presidential candidate for Azimio,” Kindiki’s letter read in part.
“We have also reliably learned that the public officers may be deployed by the state to induce voters and in some cases intimidate them by compromising the peace on the election day.”
Ruto wants IEBC to launch investigations into the reports arguing that it may undermine the credibility of the August 9 polls.
“Section 16 of the Public Officers Ethics Act (2003) requires complete political neutrality by all public officers and prohibits them from acting as agents for or furthering the interests of a political party or candidate in an election,” Kindiki argued.
In the meantime, Fred Matiang’i, the interior cabinet secretary, and Karanja Kibicho, his principal secretary, have refuted claims by Ruto’s allies that they were behind the purchase of national ID cards and the distribution of inciting leaflets.
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