Kisumu Governor Peter Anyang' Nyong'o [Photo/standardmedia.co.ke]
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has confirmed that forms that had results that were used declare Anyang' Nyong'o as Kisumu county Governor had errors.Speaking during the hearing of the petition filed by Former Governor Jack Ranguma, the county returning officer and constituency returning officers confirmed the irregularities.County Returning Officer John Cox , Nyakach Constituency Returning Officer George Jobando , his Kisumu East counterpart Yvonne Oketch and her deputy Maureen Otili confirmed that there were errors in the forms 37A, 37B and 37C that could have affected the accuracy of the results of the August 8 elections.John Cox could not explain clearly the inconsistencies in the result in the forms and the incomplete filling of the statutory forms.“I only checked few samples of the forms transmitted electronically for the purpose of knowing, but not to cross-check with the physical forms because I was not subject to that,” said CoxMs. Otili defended herself saying she had presented all the forms 37A and 37B to the county returning officer without errors.“I had no role in altering the results as I had received from the constituency tallying centre," she stated as quoted by Standard Media.Former Kisumu County Governor Jack Ranguma went to court to challenge Nyong'o's win arguing that the elections were not free and fair.