Some from this national tally centre,” Chebukati would say in a statement later. “We have staff who have been arbitrarily arrested for no reason. This was happening in the background even as the whereabouts of returning officer for Embakasi East, Daniel Mbolu Musyoka, who disappeared while on duty remained unknown only to be found dead. The situation escalated on the morning of Sunday, August 14 as IEBC manager of electoral operations, Gideon Balang, and a driver were snatched from Bomas by unknown people.Īt around 10am, a service provider, Japheth Dibo, who was working on a part-time basis at the IEBC call centre, also went missing after attending to an assignment within Bomas. IEBC Commissioner Francis Wanderi, who would later rebel against his chairman alongside three others, was in charge of security and accreditation at the national tallying centre.Īs party agents clashed, an IEBC officer, Benjamin Kimwii, was abducted and spirited to the anti-terrorism police unit offices where he endured three days of interrogation before being released without charge. Most of them were agents, and police in plain clothes, who roamed freely to access all areas,” an observer, who did want to be named, said. “There were many accreditations given out to suspicious people. The rogue elements then had a free hand to roam around, disrupting activities and throwing their weight around. These special areas had IEBC employees and commissioners undertaking backroom operations. The unit included highly trained, specialised officers from crack units previously involved in risk assignments such as counter terrorism operations. They left Bomas for another unspecified duty never to come back.
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