Former journalist and corruption whistleblower, John Mark Githongo, filed an affidavit alleging that a team of 56 individuals were hired to infiltrated the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) systems during the election period.
In an affidavit deposited at the Supreme Court, Githongo introduced a whistleblower who he claims was part of the team of 56 people hired to manipulate Forms 34A before they were uploaded to the IEBC system.
According Githongo, the team comprised of 10 supervisors who managed the other 46 tasked with accessing, entering and manipulating the data in the IEBC portal.
He further argued that the team was under instructions to maintain the total valid votes cast hence the only way to manipulate the figures was by deducting votes from one presidential contender to the other.Kenyans.co.ke"Their task was to receive the Forms 34A from the KIEMS Kits which were sent to their server/platform which he termed as Uchaguzi Tallying. After receiving the said data, they would edit the necessary form 34A’s according to the instructions given to them by their leaders and thereafter upload the said edited Form 34A’s to the IEBC portal.
"The team was indoctrinated on the phrase “freedom is coming “and that they needed to be freed from dynasties; in this case the Petitioner," read the affidavit in part.
Githongo, in the affidavit, further noted that he received the whistleblowers personal details and recorded his statement on camera that would be...
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