By Wahome Thuku
Parliamentary results from 22 polling stations in Kamukunji Constituency are still missing, more than three years after the December 2007 General Election.
The results have been missing since the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) called off the tallying of votes after chaos erupted.
And the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) is distancing itself from irregularities associated with the ECK in the constituency. Through lawyer Stephen Adere, IIEC said it was taking a neutral position in a petition challenging election of Simon Mbugua as Kamukunji MP.
Chaos erupted at Shauri Moyo tallying centre when ECK officials had completed tallying results from 135 out of the total 157 polling stations.
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ECK then called off the tallying prompting Mbugua, the PNU candidate, to move to court. He successfully sought orders to have the ECK compelled to complete the process and announce the winner.
Mbugua was declared winner with 22,614 votes while Ibrahim Ahmed garnered 16,604 votes and a third candidate, Abdi Yusuf Hassan, got 7,663.
Ahmed immediately filed a petition challenging Mbugua’s victory.
In a report prepared in 2008 and used in all the court cases, returning officer Pricyllar Wamiru said they would have completed the tallying were it not for the chaos.
She, however, argued that Mbugua would still have won if all the results were received, given his performance in the other polling stations.
Hearing continues.
