The Orange Democratic Movement has accused the state for planning to rig the May 18 Bonchari parliamentary by-election in favor of Jubilee Party candidate Zebedeo Opore.
The party has written to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission protesting the alleged use of state agencies to campaign for the candidate.
“We wish to register our complaint with the commission following a series of well-calculated, planned and executed systemic activities by a section of the state’s administrative and security agencies, whose overall import is to adversely influence a free, fair and democratic electoral process,” Ong’wen said.
Ong’wen cited instances where he claimed the administrators publicly rallied locals to vote for Opore in breach of Public Officers Ethics Act which requires them to be apolitical.
It is the second time the Raila Odinga party is pointing fingers at state operatives for meddling in a by-election.
In the March 4 Matungu by-election, the party claimed state involvement led to the loss by its candidate David Were.
The Orange party has moved to court seeking to overturn Oscar Nabulindo’s win in Matungu.
In Bonchari, ODM has lodged complaints with the IEBC over what it described as misuse of state agencies. The letter was addressed to IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati.
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