Jose Gregorio Camargo Castellano, is a 32-year-old Venezuelan who was detained alongside two others in Nairobi in July and his laptop had important information relevant to the August 9 polls, according to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
His fame came after his name was projected to an attentive country and a silent courtroom on an election results form whose details were said to be questionable.
Lawyers Paul Mwangi, Julie Soweto and Willis Otieno, who were arguing on behalf of parties seeking the quashing of the election result declared on August 15, mentioned Mr Camargo in court, helping reinforce the celebrity status of the man.
Building on an earlier testimony by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) that all foreigners who were setting up its systems were locked out before the August 9 election, Mr Otieno questioned why the name of Mr Camargo appeared on a form taken on election day.
“My learned friend (IEBC lawyer Mahat) Somane said it’s like a plumber maintaining the system. Let me say this: once a plumber has fixed your bathroom, that plumber has no business being in your bathroom when you are showering. If you find him at that time, you tell him, ‘Get behind me, Satan’ as was said in the book of Mark 8:33 in the Bible when the devil entered Peter and Jesus told him, ‘Get behind me, Satan.’ A plumber who is in your bathroom when you are showering is no longer a plumber. He is a sexual offender and should be reported,” said Mr Otieno.
Joel Gustavo Rodriguez Garcia and Salvador Javier Sosa Suarez are employees of Smartmatic International B.V., the firm contracted by the electoral commission to supply election technology for the 9 August election who were arrested alongside Jose Camargo.
