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Vote-rigging claim by Ruto lacks merit, says polls agency

Deputy President William Ruto during a past presser at his official Karen residence. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Deputy President William Ruto and Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson Wafula Chebukati yesterday clashed over vote-rigging allegations.

During a forum with European ambassadors at his official Karen residence, Ruto claimed that details of “close to a million voters” from his “strongholds” had been struck out of the register, as part of an alleged rigging plot.

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