Led by the speaker of the Majority in the National Assembly, the Jubilee Party lawmakers have directed the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to table in Parliament details of the money it receives from foreign donors as well as a list of employees seconded to the agency by the aid groups.
This follows President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jamhuri Day warning against what he said were foreign donors splashing money on Kenyan elections to sway voters “in the guise of civic education”.
Duale said that they had details that the opposition Cord coalition is working with foreign powers to influence the August 8, 2017 General Election in their favour.
“Raila wants to have a disputed election and force a nusu mkate (power sharing government). The era of nusu mkate is gone,” said the National Assembly majority leader during a presser on Sunday.
Foreign countries were also claimed to be using donations to IEBC to plant individuals in the electoral body who will tamper with the elections technology to favour Raila Odinga.
The Jubilee legislators pointed at one Mr Micheal Yard, an American whom they claim has been in and out of the country masquerading as a Canadian.
“He is part of the team being used by foreigners to influence the polls next year and make Raila a puppet president,” said Duale.
The ruling team also said that they had written to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to ask for the sacking of a Mr Michael Yard, who they said is “part of the scheme” to influence the polls.
“Raila Odinga’s insistence on technology does not come as a surprise to the Jubilee coalition,” Mr Duale said at the party offices in Pangani.
“He wants to use the technology to rig the elections. Why is he insisting on BVR (Biometric voter recognition)?
“In 2013, he went to court arguing that the technology failed. So, what has changed heart?”
“We are not giving IEBC a blanket cheque. We are only saying that the manual system should be used only if the deployed technology fails. If it works in the 47 counties, no problem,” Mr Duale said.