Nyando Member of Parliament Jared Okelo has explained why the whistleblower behind claims of Raila Odinga’s election victory did not take the findings he obtained to the Supreme Court during the trials.
According to the anonymous whistleblower, an employee of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Mr Odinga, the Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate, trounced President William Ruto in the last year’s General Election.
Questions have been asked why the said evidence could not have surfaced during the petition challenging President Ruto’s victory. However, Mr Okelo said analyzing evidence takes time.
“You also have to remember that analyzing evidence to secure a warrant or to corroborate witness statement, is usually time and human-intensive,” he explained.
Faulting the constitution for giving a short amount of time upon which one has to file a petition before the Supreme Court, the second-term lawmaker stated that although the whistleblower could have had this prior information it takes a lot of time to even gather that degree of evidence and present it to a party that is going to the Supreme Court.
“We cannot, therefore, fault the whistleblower that he has been sitting on evidence. This is a process that could have taken a substantial amount of time. We in Azimio also had to take an equal amount of time to go through that evidence.” the MP explained, adding that whistleblower brought their speculations to life.
Mr Okelo further said Mr Odinga’s...
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