Suna East MP Junet Mohamed now claims that an admission by IEBC CEO Hussein Marjan that election equipment were lost is a testament that the August 9, 2022 elections were not credible.
Junet in a tweet said it is ironic for President William Ruto to chest thump that he won the election yet IEBC is admitting that poll kits were lost.
The MP appeared to suggest that there could be a collision that resulted in the poll kits getting lost.
"This is the 'credible' election that Ruto chest-thumps he won. The level of IEBC interference in elections in Kenya - especially the presidential election - continues to deepen. It is no wonder Ruto is attempting to unilaterally appoint a new commission," he said.
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The National Assembly Minority Chief Whip further noted that the opposition side's demand for an audit is based on the IEBC failures.
"The demand by us for an audit is premised on these manifest failures of IEBC to conduct a credible, verifiable, free and fair election," Junet said.
Analysis of the areas where theft of equipment was recorded reveals that in most instances, missing gadgets were in Azimio La Umoja Raila Odinga’s political turf.
The theft, which IEBC chief executive Hussein Marjan said is under investigation, was also reported in two electoral units leaning towards then-Deputy President William Ruto.
Marjan spoke when he appeared before the National Assembly's Public Accounts Committee chaired by nominated MP John Mbadi.
The stolen gadgets included BVR kits, laptops and finger scanners that were used for the electronic registration of voters.
“From the summary, 125 BVR kits were missing and are currently under investigation,” Marjan said.
According to the electoral commission's own documents, 952 electronic voter identification documents were stolen from the Kisumu county warehouse.
