Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission CEO Ezra Chiloba has spoken about the deal which National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition claimed he suspiciously signed on Thursday night with French Firm OT-Morpho.
Speaking on Saturday, Mr Chiloba stated that the meeting was essential to have the suppliers of critical infrastructure on board early enough to ensure that elections happen as scheduled.
“The Commission held a series of meetings with OT-Morpho on the level of support we required for the fresh presidential election. This culminated into an addendum to the contract that was signed on Thursday evening after negotiations were concluded as per the procurement law," Mr Chiloba explained.
On Saturday, NASA principal Musalia Mudavadi alleged that the Commission signed a contract for the fresh controversial election with French digital security company OT-Morpho which rebranded to IDEMIA on 28th September.
Mudavadi alleged that the firm threatened to pull out of the election unless the electoral body signed an inflated deal with it.
"On 28th September, two days ago, Chiloba signed a deal with OT-Morpho at night. Kenyans paid the company Sh4 Billion for six races in the first election, now they are charging Sh 2.4 Billion...and then they come and lie to people at Statehouse with 'something small'," he stated.
Speaking at the same forum, NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga claimed that experts had confirmed that the company's services for the fresh polls should cost Sh 800 Million, but the contract had been deliberately inflated by Jubilee operatives within the Commission to Sh 2.4 Billion.
The former Prime Minister reiterated calls for Chiloba to vacate office maintaining that there would be no election without a level playing field as he accused Jubilee of changing the rules of the game with the proposed electoral laws being pushed in Parliament.
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