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Areas where IEBC equipment were stolen ahead of polls

The theft, which IEBC chief executive Hussein Marjan said is under investigations

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by MERCY ASAMBA

News15 March 2023 - 08:47
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  • •The equipment, including hundreds of electronic voter identification documents, were stolen on diverse dates in 2021.
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Critical election equipment were stolen in various Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission warehouses across the country in the run up to the 2022 polls, it has emerged.

The equipment, including hundreds of electronic voter identification documents, were stolen on diverse dates in 2021.

Analysis of the areas where theft of equipment was recorded reveals that, in most instances missing gadgets were in Azimio La Umoja Raila Odinga’s political turf.

The theft, which IEBC chief executive Hussein Marjan said is under investigations, was also reported in two electoral units leaning towards then-Deputy President William Ruto.

Marjan spoke when he appeared before the National Assembly's Public Accounts Committee chaired by nominated MP John Mbadi.

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