Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati while addressing the press on Wednesday, July 13, dared anyone with proof linking him to Moses Wetangula on the purported ballots scandal to table it.
Moreover, Chebukati defended the electoral commission saying everything was above board.
‘IEBC is independent and not answerable to any individual or authority but to the Constitution. We cannot allow external forces to come and influence what we do,” he said.
The commission’s chair further added that IEBC staff are frightened due to the public profiling.
In addition, Chebukati denied allegations that he held a series of meetings with Ford Kenya boss Moses Wetangula to sway and lobby the open tendering process of the ballot paper to Inform Lykos.
“It’s very unfortunate and for those making those remarks, he is a Bukusu like me and we were born in Bungoma that’s the reason perhaps for profiling. I have never sat with an individual to discuss procurement,” he added.
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Moreover, Wafula Chebukati’s remarks follows claims by Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya coalition leaders who claimed that the IEBC chairman and Wetangula were the masterminds who lobbied for the tender to be awarded to the Greek Firm.
Likewise, the Azimio team had even asked the Ethics and Anti-Corruption (EACC) and Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI) to investigate Chebukati on the allegations.
“It’s very unfortunate that some leaders can stoop so low to try at this point time to malign the character of the chair. I want to tell the commission to focus on talking to the electorate on issues,” Chebukati noted.
Furthermore, Moses Wetangula also dismissed the allegations leveled against him in the ballot paper printing tender. Wetangula said the claims were a political witch-hunt by his rivals from the Orange Democratic Movement aimed at disparaging his name ahead of the polls.