By KENAN MIRUKA
NAIROBI,KENYA: An official of the national electoral body admitted that
there were errors in the transfer of data to a form detailing aggregate
results from constituencies during the South Mugirango Senate elections.
Kisii County Senator Chris Obure
Mr James Maina, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)
returning officer in charge of South Mugirango constituency was
testifying at the High Court in Kisii.
He was the final defence witness in a petition challenging the election
Kisii County Senator Chris Obure during the March 4 General Election.
Peoples Democratic Party’s chief agent Charles Mogere filed the petition
on grounds that dead voters participated in the poll and that IEBC
officials manipulated figures in form 36, denying his candidate Omingo
Magara a win.
Yesterday, Maina told trial judge Justice Ruth Sitati that Magara lost
601 votes due to clerical errors at Nyansembe, Ensoko and Orencho
polling stations.
He conceded that some candidates were awarded votes erroneously, but
this did not affect the final tally. Obure won the poll with 120,351
votes, beating his closest challenger Prof Sam Ongeri who polled
106,325. Magara was third with 100,784 votes.
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