Raila links Safaricom to election results servers controvesy

Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi, Suna East MP Junet Mohamed, NASA Principal Raila Odinga, former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalalwe and Kisumu women representative Rosa Buyu at Tuesday's  press at Capital Hill, Naiobi. [photo/Beverlyne Musili/Standard]

Safaricom Ltd last night fought back claims by the National Super Alliance (NASA) that the mobile service provider was complicit in a scheme to rig the August 8 elections.

NASA leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday said Safaricom was contracted by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to transmit election results from the Kenya Integrated Electoral Management Systems (KIEMS) kits at the polling stations to the IEBC servers, but alleged Safaricom’s system never relayed results to IEBC’s public web portal.