Musyoka died a hero - Chebukati mourns slain IEBC official

IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati has demanded immediate investigations into the death of Embakasi East returning officer Daniel Musyoka.

While addressing Musyoka's burial ceremony on Friday, Chebukati said the commission is hurting from the loss of its top talents.

He said IEBC and the country have lost a huge resource in a man who had become a highly dependable electoral manager

"Musyoka died while serving this country to the best of his ability. He died a hero. He is one of the unsung heroes of our times where honesty and integrity are not a common virtue," he said.

Chebukati went on to lament that working for the IEBC had turned akin to a death sentence following numerous murder incidents.

He said they are fed up with the murder cases even as he implored security agencies to act swiftly.

"We cannot continue like this, making it like working for IEBC is a death sentence. Our job is to prepare a register of voters and not to prepare a register of our murdered staff members," Chebukati said.

He addressed mourners during the burial of the slain Embakasi East returning officer Daniel Musyoka at the deceased's rural home in Mwala, Machakos County on Friday.

"We are here today to give farewell to Daniel Musyoka, our Embakasi East returning officer who was found murdered six days after the August 9, general elections. Musyoka served the commission for ten years," Chebukati said.

"In this country, the question is, must an IEBC official be killed in every election period after each and every five years? Five years ago, we lost our ICT manager Chris Musando.

"A week ago, we lost our returning officer who now lies before us. The only crime, that he served this nation diligently, honestly in his work station," Chebukati said.

Chebukati wondered why investigating authorities were yet to unravel the mysterious cases.