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Government spokesperson Eric Kiraithe has come out to defend the Kenya Defence Forces following allegations of planning to rig the August 8 polls.
This is after NASA presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga claimed that the Jubilee adminstration was working with KDF to sway the outcome of the August election.
Speaking on Wednesday Kiraithe said that Raila was acting irresponsible by associating the forces with politics.
During a interview on Citizen TV Kiraithe said that Odinga's claims were unfounded.
"KDF are innocent of any politics. Whenever Raila is having political campaigns, security officers are deployed to ensure security," said Kiraithe.
Raila claimed that KDF had already been deployed in Kakamega, a notion Kiraither furthr dismissed.
Kiraithe ackwoleged that the military was being trained in Embakasi to provide security during the polls but not rig.
"No KDF soldier is prepairing to rig elections as Raila said. We are just preparing to provide security. This is pure misrepresenataion of facts by Raila," added Kiraithe.
He added that as a person he had a lot of respect for the NASA chief."It is very unfortunate that this coming from a man i have a lot respect for."