John Githongo now claims that the logs he provided as evidence were demo screenshots of how the server may be accessed and modified, days after alleging in a sworn affidavit that hackers were given access to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) databases and modified forms 34A.
The answering affidavit of president-elect William Ruto, as well as those of Dennis Itumbi, Davis Chirchir, Eric Mulei, Raymond Kiprotich Bett, and Ashif Kasim, contained the submission that was addressed in the supplementary affidavit.
John Githongo has refuted any claims that logs were faked, claiming that it is impossible to fabricate information that has been handed to you by another person.
“The logs annexed to my affidavit dated 21st August 2022 are the exact logs given to me by the young man referred to in my affidavit and therefore the logs did not originate from me or the petitioner.” John Githongo says in the affidavit.
In a previous affidavit, John Githongo claimed that he was able to interview a hacker who was a member of a 56-person team assembled by Dennis Itumbi, a digital strategist for William Ruto’s presidential campaign. The hacker admitted to intercepting form 34As and altering the numbers in Ruto’s favor before re-uploading them to the IEBC system.
“I have come to learn that the logs furnished to me by the young man were meant to be a demo on how the IEBC server can be accessed and manipulated by external unauthorized parties. The same are screen grabs commonly known as screenshots and are not actual logs.” John Githongo’s affidavit reads in part.
But according to John Githongo, the logs in IEBC Commissioner Justus Nyangaya’s affidavit support the information he had previously obtained regarding the hacking of the IEBC system.
Githongo asserts that the details of his prior declaration provide more proof that forms 34A were altered, a contention Ruto denies.
