Davis Chirchir has disclosed that on August 11, as the verification and tabulation of the presidential elections were taking place at the facility, he was apprehended in the Bomas of Kenya and had his laptop and phones stolen.
The head of staff in the Office of the Deputy President explained how his car was blocked as he departed Bomas, which also served as the national tallying center for the presidential elections, on the evening of August 11 in an affidavit dated August 26.
“…my car was blocked by a white Land Cruiser GKB 420U, with several plain clothes police officers, and two Subaru Outback saloon cars KCA 451D and KCM 750Q, metallic in color.”
The affidavit is in response to a presidential election petition in which John Githongo put him and five others at the centre of a scheme to manipulate Forms 34A and the eventual presidential election results.
Chirchir said he was ordered to alight and his phone and laptop were forcibly taken and held for over 30 minutes.
“They also detained the car behind me, which was being used by Wanjohi Githae, the director of communications for the UDA party,” he said in his affidavit.
He said there was no justification for the detention.
“Finally we were released and I reported the incident at Langata Police Station vide OB Number 45/11/AUG/22.”
Chirchir also disputed the existence of an ‘Uchaguzi tallying’ centre that was used to engage in manipulation of Forms 34A.
