The National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC) allegedly advised the IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati not to declare William Ruto as the President-elect.
This has emerged in an affidavit sworn by IEBC Commissioner Abdi Guliye in response to a presidential petition filed by Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua.
In the affidavit, Guliye says a team of officials from NSAC led by Principal Administrative Secretary in the office of president Kennedy Kihara, Solicitor General Kennedy Ogeto, IG Hillary Mutyambai and vice chief of defence forces lieutenant general Francis Omondi Ogola sought audience with Chebukati on the day he announced the presidential results.
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Guliye claims that the group arrived at 2pm, an hour to the 3pm that Chebukati had set for the announcement of the presidential results.
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He claims the Deputy Inspector General of Police Noor Gabow informed him in the holding room that a team from NSAC wanted to meet Chebukati.
According to Guliye Kihara informed the commission, together with Chebukati, that if they declared Ruto as president-elect ‘the country is going to burn’.
“Kihara proceeded to caution us that if we proceeded with the declaration of the results with Ruto as president-elect and chaos erupt, ‘then the blood of the dead Kenyans’ will be on our hands,” Guliye said."
The second message from the NSAC delegation was that if we cannot announce Raila as the outright winner, then we must ensure there is a run-off."
Guliye revealed that the suggestion by NSAC was backed by the four rebel commissioners.
He on his part said he did not support the suggestion saying he told NSAC that the constitution had to be followed.
"I on the hand said that the commission has a constitutional mandate to fulfil and in declaring the result it will be guided by the same constitution,” Guliye says.
