Former Gatundu North MP Clement Waibara displays some of the ballot papers he has cited as evidence of malpractice in his petition against Ann Kibe. [Photo: the-star.co.ke]
Former Gatundu North MP Clement Waibara has filed an election petition at the Kiambu High Court seeking to challenge the victory of Ann Kibe.
In his documents presented in court, Mr Waibara claimed that he lost the elections because Ms Kibe used witchcraft to scare voters into backing her bid in the August election.
He said that the election was characterised by massive irregularities adding that the most polling stations were not properly lit during tallying and that agents were forced to use flashlights on their phones.
According to Waibara, the elections were not free and fair as required by the constitution arguing that there was no proper collation, tallying and tabulation of the results.
The former MP also claimed that there were cases of threats and violence which he argues undermined voters' ability to take part in the exercise.
He added that electoral agency officials did not display Forms 34A for his agents to verify and cross-check the results.
“The election was marred by a systemic failure of technology as most voter's fingerprints could not be read by the KIEMS gadgets.There was no justice for Gatundu North residents since pre-marked ballot papers were stuffed in boxes after voting closed.”
“As far as I know, there was no election in Gatundu North especially after fake ballot papers were recovered in a thicket and in dustbins. I have confidence that after my evidence is presented in court, the whole country will be shocked about what happened,” Waibara said.2