Yesterday, after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations released a lengthy statement accusing the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of lying, misrepresenting the truth, and negligence in the administration of this year’s General Election, the verbal conflict between the two parties intensified.
The DCI chief George Kinoti’s statement was the most recent in a string of communications between the two organizations.
This followed the arrest and detention of three foreign nationals on Thursday after election kits identification stickers were discovered in their luggage shortly after their arrival in the nation.
A team discovered people moving electrical and internet server cabinets late in the afternoon, and senior police officers soon after conducted an investigation of the office in the city center belonging to Deputy President William Ruto.
A worker at the location claimed they had been told to move the office, but they would not identify where.
The three Venezuelans were detained at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Thursday evening, and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) expressed its outrage in a statement from its chairman Wafula Chebukati.
The Venezuelans, according to Mr. Kinoti, were invited to the nation by a Kenyan named Abdullahi Abdi Mohamed, the chief executive officer of Nairobi-based technology firm Seamless Technologies, and were not employees of IEBC or Smartmatic, contrary to Mr. Chebukati’s assertions.
