I last met Raila in 2007, IEBC chairman nominee tells MPs

Wafula Chebukati, the IEBC chairperson nominee during vetting by the National Assembly’s Justice and Legal Affairs committee at Parliament Buildings in Nairobi yesterday. [PHOTO: WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/Standard]

Electoral commission chairperson nominee Wafula Chebukati yesterday said the last time he met ODM leader Raila Odinga was during the 2007 elections.

Mr Chebukati told the National Assembly's Justice and Legal Affairs committee vetting him that Raila, in the company of Deputy President William Ruto and other ODM Pentagon members, campaigned for his failed attempt to capture the Saboti parliamentary seat.