Mohammed Ali speaks about what really happened during Nyali ODM nominations and why he was edged out

Mohammed Ali popularly known as ‘Jicho pevu’ has voiced his concerns about the just concluded Nyali ODM nominations.

Speaking in Nyali on Saturday Mohammed said that the whole nomination process in Nyali was mishandled by people who believed that he was not supposed to be allowed to lead the constituency.

Ali allegedly said that in total the whole constituency had 15 polling stations whereby out of the 15 polling stations only three believed to have been the stronghold of Said Abdalla who is also Mombasa governor’s Ali Hassan Joho’s brother.

“ At first we had only three polling stations that were open, the other ten which were my strongholds were closed until I complained that is when they were re-opened at 3 pm when some of the voters had already left,” said Ali.

According to him, voters were allowed to vote more than twice in different polling station after opening those stations. No finger ink was used to differentiate those who had voted and those who had not voted.

He also said that his opponent had already printed more than three thousand voting papers that were already marked in favor of his opponent. By good luck, the police intercepted the papers before getting to the polling stations.

Ali said that he cannot blame ODM for what transpired but he stands to blame an individuals who doesn’t believe in democracy and equitable sharing of resources.

“ In short I was not contesting against Abdalla but I was contesting against the whole family of Joho.So I cannot blame ODM or Jubilee for what happened,” added Ali.

In addition, he said that his name was missing from the ODM register and in the IEBC register something that caused a hitch.

Meanwhile, Ali appealed to the ODM electoral board to give him the certificate because he believes he was the winner and there is a clear evidence that there was rigging during the process.He finally said that Nyali residents should not give up because he is still in the race.

Said Abdalla garnered 3671 votes to beat journalist Mohamed Ali who got 2987 for the Nyali Parliamentary ODM ticket.