Presiding officers charged with concealing ballots

Three Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) presiding officers in Rongai Constituency were on Monday charged in a Nakuru court with concealing ballot boxes and papers at their respective stations.

Ms Sally Jebet, Mr John Cherutich and Mr Kennedy Nyariki who were stationed at respective polling stations in Rongai Constituency, Nakuru County were charged before Chief Magistrate Samuel Mungai.

Ms Jebet, who was stationed at Soin Ward was charged with withholding counterfoils for both used and unused ballot papers in an opaque black ballot box as opposed to a white transparent presidential ballot box which is in contravention with the IEBC rules.

Mr Cherutich was charged with placing counterfoils used for the presidential, governor, senator, women representative, county assembly representative and member of the national assembly votes behind a door of the Kiamunyi Tallying Centre in an effort to conceal them.

Mr Nyariki who was in-charge of Kimomora ECD Nursery Polling Station was accused of concealing used and unused presidential ballot papers in a black ballot box instead of the white presidential ballot box.

They were released on a Sh200,000 bond with the option of a Sh100,000 cash bail pending the mention of the cases between March 14 and 15.