NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 28 – Azimio La Umoja Executive Director Raphael Tuju has admitted that he indeed met with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati at 4.00am after previous attempts to access him during the day.
In reply to Chebukati’s affidavit that claimed that he made him an offer to moderate the presidential election results, Tuju insisted that he was seeking to address complaints that had arisen with regard to the uploading of Form 34As.
“I would like to start by admitting that I was at Bomas of Kenya several times and the meeting which they say took place at 3 O’clock happened at 4am,” he said.
“The issue had brought up with him (Guliye) was that I had received intelligence from one of the IEBC officials, who complained that some form 34As were being brought down and they were being replaced by other form 34As.”
He however denied allegations by Chebukati and Commissioner Abdi Guliye that he wanted Presidential Results moderated.
Tuju said the IEBC chairman had planned a secret meeting with him at a location in Karen and dared him to explain to Kenyans what it was all about.
He further revealed that Commissioners Guliye and Boya Molu had also gone to see him at his Karen home.
“In the meeting, we were ten of us in total and for him to claim that I made some offers to him it’s a tarradiddle. Petty lie. I want Chebukati to explain to Kenyans what we were discussing when he came to see me in a secret location in Karen,” said Tuju.
“I tried to access the Chairman I was physically blocked by Senior Police Officer Samuel Arap Kimeu. I had concerns when Chebukati made a ruling that all returning officers must see him first before the papers are verified on the floor. When I got access through the back door, his other officers told me he was busy and could not see me.”
Tuju further indicated that the reason why he went to the Bomas of Kenya at 4am on August 15, was to raise some complaints after getting a tip off that that forms 34As were being changed at the IEBC portal.
