We will not go after Azimio leader over poll dossier, says DCI
By Zadock.Aangira, January 30, 2023
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations will not go after Azimio leader Raila Odinga in its probe over allegations touching on the last General Election.
It will, however, investigate the validity and authenticity of the electoral commission’s Form 34B that have been circulating online.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Wednesday last week wrote to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to furnish them with certified copies of the forms that were used to declare the presidential results. The DCI boss Mohamed Amin yesterday said they will not investigate the veteran opposition leader.
“The DCI is not going for Raila. The most important thing is to establish the truth behind the allegations. We just want to know the truth including what the whistleblower said and who he is,” said Amin. Probe comes barely a week after the Opposition, led by Raila, claimed that they had official presidential results, allegedly from a whistleblower who works for IEBC.
The Opposition claim Raila won the election with about 2.2 million votes, having garnered 8,170,355 against President William Ruto’s 5,915,973
The DCI requested the electoral body to furnish them with certified copies of Forms 34B that were used to declare the presidential results.
Amin said the directorate had received numerous correspondences and various documents alleged to be the ‘official’ results, and complaints relating to information circulating across diverse online that is attributed to IEBC.
“For purposes of lawful processing of the complaints referred above in line with our mandate, we hereby request that you furnish us with the certified copies of forms 34B that were used to tally, verify and declare the results of the presidential elections,” Amin wrote.
The DCI said the complainants, whose identity he did not reveal, had insisted that there are several manipulations in the documents.
In a letter addressed to IEBC chief executive Marjan Marjan, the DCI boss also warned that anyone found culpable in falsifying the Form 34Bs and publishing the same information for fictitious reason will face the arm of the law.