Kenyan’s elections boss fights allegations of BVR tender scam

IEBC Chairman Issack Hassan

NAIROBI: Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Issack Hassan was under siege Tuesday from a parliamentary watchdog to disclose his interests in a company that was at the centre of lucrative tenders to supply electronic gadgets to the electoral body ahead of the last General Election.

Hassan fought off allegations that he led other IEBC commissioners in vouching for South African company, Face Technologies, to be awarded the tender to supply the biometric voter registration (BVR) devices, resulting in a conflict with the then IEBC Chief Executive James Oswago, who was also pushing for the tender to go to 4G Solutions.