The term whistleblower has become relatively popular among Kenyans following the intricacies surrounding the outcome of the August 9, 2022 presidential election.
Its sudden popularity emanates from the shocking revelation by an employee of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), who detailed the fraud and manipulation of the vote tallies that characterised the election.
The whistleblower, who remains anonymous, revealed how the presidential election results were falsified before being presented to Kenyans. The revelation has cast more doubt on the credibility of the election.
In his documents, the whistleblower asserts categorically that Raila Odinga won the election garnering 8,170,353 votes representing 57.3 per centagainst William Ruto’s 5,915,973 representing 41.66 per cent.
This assertion contradicts what IEBC announced while declaring William Ruto president-elect - garnering 7,176,141 votes representing 50.49 per cent, against Raila’s 6,942,930 votes representing 48.5 per cent.
The revelation, which IEBC is yet to officially counter, has stirred the charged political terrain with Raila and the Azimio team avowing to reclaim ‘stolen victory’, declaring mass action that has since put the country on tenterhooks. They are insisting on an independent audit of the IEBC servers to authenticate the winner of the presidential election.
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