TNA scoffs at claims on poll rigging
What you need to know:
- Cord leader Raila Odinga claimed that the extra ballot papers were printed by Smith & Ouzman, a British firm which is at the centre of a scandal for allegedly bribing Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officials.
- His comments came in the wake of bribery allegations made before a United Kingdom court where the prosecution said Kenyan election officials were paid Sh50 million.
The National Alliance party Friday asked its rivals in Cord to stop making unsubstantiated claims that the Jubilee Coalition stole last year’s presidential elections.
Cord leaders had early this week claimed that Jubilee Coalition colluded with corrupt election officials to print extra ballot papers that were used to rig the elections in favour of its candidates.
Cord leader Raila Odinga claimed that the extra ballot papers were printed by Smith & Ouzman, a British firm which is at the centre of a scandal for allegedly bribing Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officials.
His comments came in the wake of bribery allegations made before a United Kingdom court where the prosecution said Kenyan election officials were paid Sh50 million.
“Cord leadership should stop making such unsubstantiated claims,” TNA secretary-general Onyango Oloo told a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Nairobi.
Mr Oloo challenged the Cord leaders to table facts to back up their claims.
