Tell us what you discussed with Nanok, SG Maina - Tuju fires back at Chebukati

Tuju said the two met Chebukati immediately they left after having talks with him around 4 am.

In Summary

•IEBC commissioner Abdi Guliye said the meeting happened at 3am while Tuju has clarified that the meeting was around 4 am.

•According to Tuju, the two walked into the venue where they had met Chebukati and held talks with the top IEBC officers.

Former Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju
Former Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju

A few minutes after meeting a group of Azimio la Umoja Coalition leaders on the morning he announced the Presidential results,  IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati and his commissioners allegedly also met a group of Kenya Kwanza leaders.

This is according to a former Jubilee Secretary general Raphael Tuju.

The meeting was held on August 15.

IEBC commissioner Abdi Guliye said the meeting happened at 3am while Tuju has clarified that the meeting was around 4 am.

In a press statement to reply to an affidavit filed by IEBC chair Chebukati, Tuju said  UDA secretary general Veronica Maina and head of William Ruto's presidential campaigns Josephat Nanok also met the IEBC top officials in the same hour.

"As we were meeting the IEBC official that morning, the IEBC official Guliye left the meeting for a washroom with a phone. He spent a long time there and after we were leaving after the meeting, we found Veronica and Nanok at the door step," he said.

According to Tuju, the two walked into the venue where they had met Chebukati and held talks with the top IEBC officers.

Tuju now wants the IEBC boss to disclose the nature of talks he had with the UDA officials now that he had made allegations about the meeting.

In his address, Tuju dismissed allegations that he wanted the results to be moderated in favour of Raila or a run-off forced.

Tuju said he met with Chebukati to discuss on reports he had received on swapping of form 34As.

This was after he established that Guliye was not in a position to address the issue.

"The issue had brought up with him (Guliye) was that I had received intelligence from one of the IEBC officials, who complained that some form 34As were being brought down and they were being replaced by other form 34As," he said.

The Azimio director said the official did not know the exact location the swapping was happening.

He said after he got the report, he forwarded it to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), who had its officers interview the official.

Tuju said the official said he had brought the issue up with IEBC CEO Marjan Hussein Marjan who brushed him off with a threat.

"This gentleman was so terrified and he actually mentioned the case that he had been threatened by Marjan when he brought it up with him that he should not play with him, he will know who Marjan is," he said.

Tuju said the official further took the issue up with one of his seniors, who later told him(Tuju) that their hands were tied.

This prompted him to look for  Chebukati. 

Tuju said that morning, Chebukati had directed a senior police officer, not to let him in.

"He actually physically blocked me from trying to get into IEBC proceedings at Bomas of Kenya that day," he said adding that he used the back door to get in.

He was however barred from seeing the IEBC chairperson as he was told he was busy receiving reports from Returning Officers (ROs).

The former Jubilee Secretary General said by then, Chebukati had ordered all County ROs to report to him first before the papers were verified.

"I had concerns about that because he was closed in that room with Mr Molu (Commissioner Molu Boya) and Mr Marjan and therefore it was obvious to me that something opaque was taking place," he added.

Tuju said he insisted and managed to get into the office and raised the matters with the officials.

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