A Romanian citizen hired by President Uhuru Kenyatta's campaign team prior to 2013 elections from famous data mining company, Cambridge Analytica, died while on mission, whistle-blower Christopher Wylie has said.
The British firm has come under immense criticism over alleged interference of polls across the world with Kenya being on center stage.
It is the death of Dan Muresan that paved way for Wylie to work for the company in running Uhuru's campaigns.
"I did not know this when I came to work for Uhuru but my predecessor was found dead in an hotel room," he said, refusing to state how he died.
He added: "That's why the company had a vacancy . I can't say he was murdered. He died in the hotel room."
Sources from the Romanian embassy say, Mr Muresan had not yet registered at the embassy by the time of his death in 2012.
So controversial is the British firm that politicians from the opposition alliance NASA, have openly accused it of running negative campaigns against Raila Odinga.