Ex-Raila's election chief agent Kanchory explains why IEBC servers must be opened

"The saying that the server is a public portal is merely taking Kenyans for fools. The public portal was what IEBC wanted Kenyans to see. It was a PR exercise for them...what is so hard about opening the servers? If there's nothing there, open it."

Kanchory further blamed Azimio's loss on a mismanaged team that was handling the intricacies and nitty gritty's of the presidential poll.

The lawyer claimed that at some point when they were at the National Tallying Centre at Bomas of Kenya, consultations within the Azimio team would turn chaotic. He would at one time while trying to seek an audience with Odinga be denied access.

"Every time I would raise issues, I would be obstructed by his [Raila's] other advisors," said Kanchory.

He tore into where the rain started beating Azimio's agency, days before the August 9, 2022 polls.

"When we were setting up the command center, it was hijacked. One, for financial reasons- there are people who wanted to make money out of it."

On the eve of the election, Kanchory, in a candid interview with The Standard said Baba was taken through a glittering facade of the command centre. He said his team was conveniently left out of the tour, which gave their candidate a false sense of security.

He added that the false belief in the "deep state" made many in Odinga's inner circle assume many things.