Kenya: Poll commission boss denies rigging

  1. Posted on Thursday 28 August 2008 - 09:12
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    Dennis Itumbi, AfricaNews reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
    The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) has maintained that it did not rig last year's election in favour of President Mwai Kibaki, saying that commissioners played their part to the letter.
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    ECK chairman Samuel Kivuitu however told the Kriegler Commission that he would not clear the role of presiding officers saying that they had the ability to manipulate results.

    We did not know what was happening at the local level for Kibaki and other candidates, Kivuitu told the commission.

    Kivuitu further confirmed that an internal audit had revealed that ODM was denied 8,700 votes, ODM-Kenya 29,093 and PNU 21,473 votes in the final tally but that the discovery would still not alter the final tally.

    As afar as I know nothing that I saw that would offer any doubts, about the results, Kivuitu said.

    Kivuitu also disclosed that he at one time considered postponing the announcement of the results but had no other recourse to the issue.

    It weighed in my mind that we could postpone announcement of results, but postpone and do what? Kivuitu posed.

    Kivuitu was facing cross-examination from lawyers and commissioners after handing his evidence on Monday.

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