Our candidate beat Jubilee man by 88,000 votes, say Kanu officials

Kanu Secretary General Nick Salat (left) and Chairman Gideon Moi during a press conference on the Kericho mini-poll results at the party’s headquarters in Nairobi, yesterday. (PHOTO: ELVIS OGINA/ STANDARD)

Doubts were yesterday raised about the electoral commission’s impartiality ahead of next year’s General Election following claims of vote-rigging in the Kericho Senate by-election.

Former ruling party Kanu claimed its candidate, Paul Sang, had won the March 7 poll by garnering over 120,000 votes, but alleges the ruling coalition conspired with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to manipulate the results transmission system.