Kampala, Uganda – Chairman of Kenya’s electoral commission (IEBC), Wafula Chebukati , has been killed in Kampala, Uganda, local media report.
According to reports that quoted the Uganda Police Force, Wafula Chebukati was found dead in his hotel room in the country’s capital, Kampala.
Chebukati, who sneaked into Uganda after announcing the election results did not disclose his travel to the public and Police says it’s investigating his death.
“The name of the hotel has been withheld to ensure swift investigation” – the Police said in a statement.
The statement added that Chebukati passport does not contain border stamps of Uganda nor Kenya’s exit stamp and it is not clear how he entered the country.
This is one of the many assassinations that have taken place since Kenya’s poll to select a president.
The presidential poll had a rerun which was meant to bring an end to the political crisis that has gripped Kenya since August but few days after the result was announced divisions appear to run deeper than ever.
President Uhuru Kenyatta, who was declared winner of the poll with 98 percent of the vote, said during his victory speech on Monday that he expected his victory to be challenged.
“My victory today is likely to be subjected to a constitutional test through the courts. And as I have demonstrated repeatedly, I will submit to this constitutional path no matter its outcomes,” Kenyatta, the son of the country’s founding father, said.
Kenyatta was also declared the winner in August’s poll, with 54 percent of the vote. The president’s victory was challenged in the Supreme Court, which then annulled the result due to “illegalities and irregularities” in the voting process.
His closest challenger in that poll, Raila Odinga, withdrew from the rerun, claiming the vote would not be free and fair
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