Search For Anything In Kenya (Government, Locations, People, etc.)

Jubilee SG Explains How Massive Rigging Took Place In Mt.Kenya Region From Candidates To Presidential Candidates

SK 2 years ago 2 min read

Now, according to the secretary general of the Jubilee Party, Jeremiah Kioni, there was a sophisticated rigging technique implemented in the Mt. Kenya area during the 2022 General Elections, depriving their members and friends of various seats.

On Wednesday, Kioni attempted to refute reports that William Ruto’s United Democraatic Alliance (UDA) party swept Central Kenya by claiming that its candidates cheated their way to victory through electoral fraud. Kioni was speaking to the media from the party headquarters.

“There was never a yellow wave in Mt. Kenya. What happened in Mt. Kenya was massive rigging done by multiple schemes from candidates and presidential candidate William Ruto,” he said.
The ousted Ndaragwa MP argued that the electoral process in the vote-rich region was filled with illegalities, among them the alleged denial of Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party agents entry into polling centres.

“Our agents were denied access to the polling stations until 10am after we had complained to the national office. Any stealing of votes that had been planned already took place by the time our agents were allowed in,” he claimed.

“All Azimio agents were denied access to get in, the reason being the letter of appointment was not stamped and only allowed in at around 10 am when rigging had taken place.”

He also alleged that there were incidents of nepotism and ethnicity regarding the appointment of election officials in Nakuru, Nyandarua and Nyeri counties.

For instance, he claimed that most Deputy Returning Officers in Nakuru County were from one tribe while in Mbeere North, most Polling Officers were allegedly relatives of a leader allied to Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza alliance.

“The recruitments of Presiding Officers and Deputy Returning Officers in the Mt. Kenya region was done in such a way to facilitate rigging in favour of UDA,” Kioni stated.

“In Nakuru County, 10 out of 11 DPOs were from one tribe, and the other one was from the Turkana community. In Mbeere North Constituency and the larger Embu County, most of the POs were relatives of Justin Muturi and the local UDA candidates.”