Friday, July 16, 2021 -Jubilee candidate in Kiambaa Kariri Njama had to storm Kiambaa tallying center to protest the results.
The irate Kariri on Friday July 16 stormed the center with his supporters calling for a recount of votes. There was then witnessed a fracas for minutes alleging that IEBC under Chairman Wafula Chebukati was changing figures in favour of UDA candidate Njuguna Wanjiku.
At the time of the fracas, 152 polling stations out of 154 had already been streamed in with Wanjiku taking a slim lead of 21,301 votes what was 244 votes more than Kariri who had garnered 21,057 votes.
According to sources, Mr. Kariri and supporters wanted IEBC’s Kiambaa Returning Officer Peter Muigai to recount votes for two centers – Kawaida and Muchatha polling stations. They claimed there were widespread electoral fraud.
“We want a recount in Kawaida and Muchatha,” they demanded. IEBC had counted 42,611 votes by then, representing a voter turnout of 44.79 percent in a constituency that has 96,020 registered voters.
Police then quickly swung into action to lock the contesting parties out of the premises as elections got suspended.
But even as this was going on, UDA allied politicians and supporters were already on the ground dancing and singing in celebration of their early victory. Their social media handles were filled with Congratulatory messages for their candidate Mr. Wanjiku.
This is coming just months after Jubilee also lost in Juja Constituency by-election to the less known Peoples Empowerment Party PEP candidate George Koimburi of Moses Kuria.
Any UDA victory means alot for Deputy President William Ruto.
