The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) was severally accused of planning to rig the August 8, 2017 general elections.

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Then opposition's CORD coalition that was led by Raila Odinga claimed the Jubilee government had contacted the KDF to threaten voters in opposition strongholds and scare them away from voting.

On January 22, 2017, Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho promised to reveal soldiers who were allegedly working in cahoots with the Jubilee government to manipulate the election.

While in Kilifi during a voter registration exercise, Joho claimed the Jubilee administration had turned civil servants including the KDF into campaigners and threatened to name the alleged suspects.

"They have turned KDF officers, NIS, police and civil servants into Jubilee campaigners. Let them be warned that we are taking their names and will reveal you," said the ODM Deputy Party Leader.

"Don’t dare steal votes and if you do, we will deal with you ruthlessly. Things will be bad," Joho warned.

Odinga had also linked the National Intelligence Service (NIS) to vote rigging, saying they were registering foreigners as voters ahead of the poll.

However, Ministry of Interior spokesman, Mwenda Njoka, dismissed the allegations terming them malicious.