NASA coalition has kicked off another storm, after it claimed that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) plans to manipulate election results through secret polling stations.
According to the opposition, the commission has not come out clear on the exact number of polling stations despite NASA making numerous inquiries.
However, according to the commission, there are 40,800 stations, this being the final figure of all polling stations.
“Consider the openness around the register of voters. We kept giving figures right from registration. We had a one month verification exercise where people came to check if their finger prints matched their registration details,” said IEBC’s communications manager Andrew Limo.
The IEBC on Tuesday indicated that there were 41,000 polling stations when it released the final number of voters which it placed at 19,611,423.
NASA’s presidential running mate Kalonzo Musyoka however insists they had not been provided with the exact number of polling stations, which can be an indicator that the commission plans to have some secret stations.
“Voting in secret polling stations are some of the strategies that have been developed to manipulate the outcome of the August poll,” he claimed.
The opposition has raised issues with the commission the run up to the elections; with the ruling Jubilee Party claiming they (opposition) have sensed defeat.
Among the issues the NASA brigade has raised include the awarding of a tender to a Dubai-based firm Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing Company.
However, Jubilee Party vice chairman David Murathe said NASA was changing goal posts every day because it was running scared of defeat in the August polls.
“We know they are worried of defeat and now they are using every possible gimmick so that when they lose, they will protest,” said Murathe.