CORD leader Rtd Raila Odinga has revealed a list of names registered with strange identity cards as he appeared at the Lavington Primary School polling center on Wednesday.
Calls for free and fair election has been the main concern as the August election approach. Mr. Odinga’s supporters were shocked when IEBC officials presented a list of voters at the voter listing center in Nairobi, which later turned out that one ID number registered eight different names.
“Today, we are here to demonstrate that the IEBC is currently registering foreigners and strangers to vote in the August 2017 election,” said Mr. Odinga.
Odinga further questioned the credibility of the biometric system, saying it was giving false information concerning the high voter turnout in some regions.
“Our investigation has confirmed that numbers that do not qualify as identity card numbers have been used to register voters in parts of the country. This is what they are calling high turnout in voter registration in those regions.” He added.
Raila further linked the names registered under document identification number 2, masterminded by a senior Jubilee official.
On the other hand, But Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati has since defended the ongoing registration saying that the alleged anomalies might have occurred during 2012 registration.
Mr. Chebukati agreed that the opposition Chief’s claims might be valid and confirmed that some IDs that appeared in single digits were genuine.
“The commission is aware that there are Kenyans who have ID numbers reading 0000002 or 0000023. These numbers may appear to be single digit 2 or double digit 23 respectively. It does not, therefore, mean that the two formats are different when it comes to idetification,” Mr. Chebukati said.
Speaking in Mombasa, President Kenyatta accused the Opposition of spreading lies and propaganda to tarnish the government’s development record in the hope of winning the upcoming General Election based on “falsehoods.”
He accused the Opposition of embarking on a journey of divisive politics and propagating hatred among Kenyans in their voter mobilization rallies across the country.
