{"id":408402,"date":"2017-08-02T19:39:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T19:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/02\/kenyans-demand-probe-into-musandos-death\/"},"modified":"2017-08-02T19:39:54","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T19:39:54","slug":"kenyans-demand-probe-into-musandos-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/02\/kenyans-demand-probe-into-musandos-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyans demand probe into Musando\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.4.4--><\/p>\n<p>Tension ahead of Kenya\u2019s elections has gone two notches higher following the disappearance and subsequent death of Christopher Musando, IT Manager of the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the country\u2019s Elections Management Body.<\/p>\n<p>Many Kenyans believe his death was orchestrated by individuals threatened by his resolve to prevent any form of rigging using the Kenyan Integrated Electoral Management Systems (KIEMS).<\/p>\n<p>Others are convinced that the ruling government is targeting Luos in strategic positions who can prevent possible manipulation of polls results with or without the KIEMS.<\/p>\n<p>The Kenya Integrated Electoral Management System will be used to identify voters and transmit results on Election Day. It is feared that elements outside the IEBC could tamper with the outcome of next week\u2019s elections, should they gain access in any shape or form.<\/p>\n<p>But the IEBC\u2019s Coordinator for Ruiru Constituency in Kiambo County, Kwanusu Dixon told Starr News the system deployed at the constituency level is secured and can prevent any form of manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have trained our people to handle the equipment. At least four people at every Polling Station in this constituency can operate the machines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s arrangement is miles ahead of what existed in 2013. This time the equipment were released in good time and we have tried it a number of times in the \u2018Training Mode\u2019. The same data on the machines will be used when we go \u2018Live\u2019 on Election Day, therefore we are more than ready for August 8,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Musando took over the EMB\u2019s IT department following the removal of Jame Muhati. Muhati was dismissed for failing to cooperate with auditing of the country\u2019s voters registers about three months to the elections. However, following reports of Musando\u2019s death, many are worried some groups, particularly the ruling party could use the opportunity to rig the elections.<\/p>\n<p>A lecturer at the Nairobi University who spoke to me on anonymity said even though in the past prominent citizens disappeared around elections, it was unexpected that the person who had promised the country a watertight elections where no one can interfere with the electronic aspects of the process is the one murdered in cold blood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusando had developed a system that was going to prevent both the 2007 and 2013 experiences, where the will of the people was subverted. He shared the progress that had been made with the country to the admiration of all Kenyans who wanted the IEBC to use technology to prevent any form of rigging,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said Musando\u2019s death further casts doubt on the credibility of the impending elections even before they take place next week.<\/p>\n<p>Another voter told me Musando\u2019s death cannot be delinked from his role in the upcoming elections. He said the use of technology was going to prevent any form of rigging in the upcoming polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I was a member of the ICT team, I would say we dismantle the setup because we cannot know who the next person to disappear will be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said whoever killed Musando will eliminate anyone who took over his job to further his agenda.<\/p>\n<p>More Kenyans are demanding investigations into Musando\u2019s murder before next week\u2019s elections. 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