Five years after his murder, the case remains unresolved. Family, friends and Kenyans still want those who killed him brought to book.
Msando was the IT manager of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. He died on July 28, 2017, after abduction.
His body was found in Kikuyu alongside that of a 21-year-old woman. Both had been stripped naked.
Barely 24 hours to the fifth anniversary of his death and a few days to the general election, the case seems nowhere near conclusion.
National Civil Society Congress coordinator Suba Churchill said the family of Msando is still waiting for justice.
He said crimes committed during an election and have everything to do with the polls should be resolved around the same time as petitions.
“The law says election petitions should be concluded within six months. It is therefore absurd that five years down the road after Msando was murdered, there is no accountability whatsoever for the loss of life,” Churchill said.
“It is completely immoral and unethical. Our criminal justice system seems to have allowed that.”
Hussein Khalid, the executive director of Haki Africa, said the unresolved murder of Msando is a dent in Kenya's elections calendar.
“As Haki Africa, we are disappointed that we have gone full circle to yet another election while the murder case is yet to be addressed and the perpetrators brought to book,” he said.
“What this case indicates is that Kenya has a wanting police service and DCI which either lack the capacity or goodwill to resolve murder cases in the country.”
Khalid said he believes Msando died while defending democracy and electoral integrity.
“His murderers should not be allowed to walk scot-free,” he said.
IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati has revealed that his ICT staff are frightened of a repeat of what happened to Msando.
Speaking during a media interview on July 13, Chebukati said claims by some politicians that some IEBC staff had met with Kenya Kwanza officials had led to the profiling.
He said some of his colleagues are now being linked to political affiliations, which may have led to Msando's murder.
“If you look at our staff in the commission, especially in ICT, they are now frightened because their photos are now all over the media,” Chebukati said.
"Don't forget it was around this time on July 28 five years ago when our ICT staff was murdered. This becomes a very frightening moment when you have the chairman, commissioners and staff being profiled."
Prior to his death, Msando was in a local television interview where he assured Kenyans that no votes would be rigged.
“We are well-prepared and it is all systems go. No rigging, no hacking and no manipulations of votes this time,” Msando said.
“Everything is set in a way that only one person has a password that controls the entire streaming of results.”
The High Court discharged an accountant who was being investigated over Msando's death, with no charges being preferred against him.
Then Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko urged Justice James Wakiaga to discharge the suspect Andrew Kipkoech Rono.
Former Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet noted prior to his torture and murder, Msando had in 2016 reported to Central police station over threats to his life.
Boinnet said the ICT manager told police he received abusive and threatening text messages from several unknown people.
“Msando did indeed report to Central police station on December 22, 2016, that during the month of October, some unknown persons using three cell phone numbers sent him abusive and threatening messages,” Boinnet disclosed.
Msando's murder sparked heated debates in the country with countless people calling for an immediate probe.
According to postmortem results, Msando was killed by strangling. His body bore marks of torture.
Kenya Kwanza Alliance on Friday condemned the arrest of foreigners at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, while delivering poll materials for the August election.
Leaders of the alliance said the timing of the arrest of the three officials from Smartmatic International BV at the airport was not a security protocol, comparing it to the 2017 murder of Msando.
“They now want to go the Msando way, through forcing out of ICT officials information that should enable them to beat computer firewalls. We must call them out for this. The elections must not be tampered with,” ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi said.
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