IEBC protests over recording
What you need to know:
- IEBC's communication and corporate affairs manager, Ms Tabitha Mutemi, dismissed reports that a senior official had been recorded raising doubts about the credibility of the election
- She also protested that IEBC had not been given the right of reply
The electoral commission on Sunday defended itself against allegations that the March 2013 elections were rigged in favour of the Jubilee Coalition. (READ: Shocking new revelations of 2013 election intrigues)
The commission’s communication and corporate affairs manager, Ms Tabitha Mutemi, dismissed reports that a senior official had been recorded raising doubts about the credibility of the election.
She said the recording had serious flaws and was too mysterious to be taken seriously and insisted that the Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) conducted free and fair elections.
“Anyone who has critical information to the contrary or knows of any malpractice by an election official should, according the law, take it through the legal avenues instead of making unsubstantiated claims through the media for purposes of gaining unnecessary publicity,” Ms Mutemi said.
She also protested that IEBC had not been given the right of reply.
