Kenya Decides: Rigging claim jolts vote count as poll team races against time

Leaders allied to the Azimio coalition when they raised concerns about the verification exercise.

Leaders allied to the Azimio coalition led by TJ Kajwang and Roza Buyu when they raised concerns about the ongoing verification exercise at the Bomas of Kenya on Friday, August 12, 2022. 

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By  Moses Nyamori

Reporter

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Azimio said the alleged rigging was most rampant in Central Kenya, a region that overwhelmingly voted for UDA presidential candidate William Ruto.
  • Jubilee Party Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni claimed election fraud was detected in 33 Mount Kenya constituencies, Bungoma, Taita Taveta and Kisii. 
  • ODM secretary general Edwin Sifuna also claimed to have nabbed a poll official who was perpetrating election fraud in Nairobi’s Starehe Constituency.

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