How brokers, greedy ODM officials bungled elections

ODM supporters in Kabondo Kasipul Constituency protest against flawed nominations on Tuesday. [James Omoro, Standard]

Witty brokers, members of the Constituency Election Panels and returning officers may have capitalised on weak controls at the Orange Democratic Movement’s (ODM) elections board to mint millions of shillings from desperate aspirants in the chaotic party primaries.

Investigations by Sunday Standard has unearthed an intricate web of underhand deals that may have led to the shambolic ODM primaries that led to fall-outs and protests in its strongholds.