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Chebukati had prior talks with Azimio on poll outcome - Omari

The city lawyer claimed that the engagements were about financial settlement.

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by The Star

Siasa30 January 2023 - 07:39
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  • Raila has challenged Chebukati to come out and explain what he went to do at his Karen home.
  • The former IEBC chairperson has previously denied meeting the Azimio leader over polls.
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Lawyer Danstan Omari at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi

Political analyst and city lawyer Danstan Omari has questioned how some top Azimio operatives accessed the National Tallying Centre at Bomas.

The lawyer said it was not clear how former Attorney General Amos Wako and Azimio La Umoja One Kenya party Secretary General Raphael Tuju were cleared to the Bomas of Kenya.

The lawyer argued that according to the guidelines on access to tallying centres, only accredited agents with special badges from the electoral commission were allowed to gain access.

"Bomas of Kenya was a restricted area. The only people a returning officer is allowed to interact with are accredited agents. Tuju and Wako are not accredited agents, how did they get access to go to Bomas?" Omari posed.

Speaking on a morning show with K24 Television, Omari questioned how Tuju and Wako accessed Bomas to see IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukari at midnight.

Omari opines that there must have been deeper discussions between Chebukati and Azimio before the two drove to Bomas.

"There were arrangements before, that made Chebukati allow these people to come in," Omari claimed.

According to Omari, Chebukati must have had talks with the Azimio team on some 'financial settlement' which was supposed to be done by Tuju and Wako.

"Those arrangements have now come out clearly, the questions Baba has raised are now clear, Chebukati must have had a prior arrangement," Omari said.

"There must have been arrangements on how much money was to be brought and therefore when Wako and Tuju failed to bring the amount then that goes right to the heart that by virtue of conduct and behavior of Chebukati, there is truth in Baba's statements."

Raila has claimed that Chebukati and ex-IEBC commissioners Boya Molu and Abdi Guliye visited him at his Karen home with a raft of demands so that they could declare him winner of the last presidential polls.

The trio has dismissed the claims as fabricated and aimed at painting them in a bad light.

But Raila has challenged Chebukati to come out and explain why they went to his house and what they demanded.

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