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Gunmen raid NASA presidential tallying centre, steal computers

NASA Presidential candidate Raila Odinga (left) and ANC Party leader Musalia Mudavadi at Bukhungu stadium in Kakamega on August 3, 2017. Photo by BENJAMIN SAKWA

Hooded gunmen staged a daring night raid on one of the NASA presidential tallying centres in Nairobi’s Westlands area, destroyed and carted away dozens of computers and other valuables.

The about 20 men were armed with rifles and pistols when they raided the centre near General Mathenge Drive. The centre is located in a private house and had been set up ready to tally election results from all 290-constituency centres.

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