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Coup? Inside the Bomas night of election drama

When IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati was whisked away by security officers after chaos erupted between Azimio and UDA leaders at the auditorium, Bomas of Kenya Aug 15, 2022. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

A desperate call from close kin of electoral commission chair, a troop of clergymen sent to his rescue, a planned hit on the chair at Bomas of Kenya and botched plan to flood the auditorium with confusion before a winner is announced.

This is the summary of the inside story on the events of August 15 at Bomas National Tallying centre which President William Ruto alluded to in a television interview earlier this week.

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