UDA writes to NIS seeking answers on Kibicho’s remarks
By evans.maritim, June 7, 2022United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party has written to the National Intelligence Service (NIS) seeking answers after Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho said Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Alliance presidential candidate Raila Odinga would win the presidency with 60 per cent of the votes cast in the August 9 general election.
In a letter authored by Mutuma Gichuru and Associates Advocates, the William Ruto-led party queried whether the claims by the PS are true.
The law firm threatened to take legal action should NIS fail to provide a response to the letter.
“Unless the Board or the Office of the Director-General of NIS provides a reasoned and acceptable finding or explanation to the complaint herein within 14 days of this letter, the Complainant shall pursue further legal action,” they said.
The party said Kibicho’s utterances are a recipe for chaos saying they threaten peaceful electoral process that now stands compromised by the unlawful, unconstitutional and reckless use of intelligence information.
“Whether the Director-General authorised and or allowed the release of NIS Reports or polling information for the subsequent use by the said PS to advance the interests and cause of the Azimio Party and to undermine the confidence of Kenyans in the fairness of the presidential electoral process,” the lawyers said.
Further, the party asked the NIS team about the mechanisms they have put in place to ensure that the remarks do not infringe on the stability and peace of Kenya.
“What remedial measures were taken by the National Intelligence service in light of the outright breach and abuse of its core mandate given the risk posed by the reckless use of intelligence information to the peace and security of the nation,” the party said.