DP William Ruto has claimed that about one million registered voters in his strongholds have been removed from the IEBC register.
Speaking when he met the EU ambassadors on Thursday, Ruto said almost 800,000 names have somehow disappeared from the register which is in the public domain.
“We will take a position on this matter. We are writing to IEBC because there was an attempt to obliterate names from the IEBC register,” he said.
“It is dangerous, especially when public officials are chest-thumping that the deep state will manipulate the elections.”
But IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati has dismissed Ruto's claims, saying that no data had been lost from voter register.
Ruto said he was ready to work with the IEBC to ensure that Kenya delivers credible elections.
“We expect that the EU will try and get as many details from IEBC and the public officials on how a million names disappeared,” he said.
“Many of the names are people from our strongholds. There is a clear attempt to try some monkey games. They will not succeed but these attempts are a source of concern to Kenyans.”
The DP also pleaded with the EU to look into "mysterious ways some people want to use to rig elections" in August.
“There are functionaries in government who want to undermine the capacity of the IEBC. They want to go against the free and fair elections and that is unacceptable in Kenya,” he said.
Ruto said public officials should not take positions that are contrary to their oath of office.
“… They are not only sabotaging the constitution but they are active agents of undermining a transparent election,” he said.
Ruto claimed that Public officials in charge of ICT in the IEBC also claim that they have data that can determine who is winning or who is losing the elections.
“They say they are in charge of data that will make whichever side win. That undermines the credible elections. We expect friends of Kenya, the EU to speak to issues of credible elections,” he said.
