Electoral commission chairman Wafula Chebukati has said
their systems and servers are secure following the killing of its ICT Manager
Chris Msando.
Mr Chebukati said their system, servers and network are
secure and no passwords have been compromised, adding that those who tortured
Mr Msando would “not have obtained that information if that is what they were
looking for.”
“We are working with service providers and no IEBC staff has
passwords, they will be delivered at the right time,” he said.
Addressing members of civil society at Anniversary Towers on
Tuesday, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission boss added that
the agency will simulate the transmission of results on Wednesday.
The simulation was to be held Monday but was postponed
following Mr Msando’s death.
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“Chris was a team
player, the team left behind will do the work, we don’t need experts from
anywhere else to continue with exercise,” he said.
“We are mourning but we are working, we must deliver on
August 8,” he added.
He said the commission has discussed with Inspector-General
of Police Joseph Boinnet the need to provide security for its staff.
He further said the agency had appointed a lawyer to ensure
that no stone is left unturned in the ongoing investigations into their ICT
manager’s death.
Members of civil society, including John Githongo and George
Kegoro, called for speedy investigations into the killing and urged Kenyans not
to be intimidated but turn out in large numbers to vote on August 8.
In Mombasa, Haki Africa, a non-governmental organisation has
urged the government to accept the offer by US and Britain to help unmask Mr
Msando’s killers.
Mr Hussein Khalid, the organisation’s executive director
said the foreign investigators should be invited to allow for impartial
investigations.
“We are appealing to the authorities to allow impartial
investigation. This impartial investigation can only be assured if undertaken
by neutral persons thus we are asking the government to accept the offer by UK
and US Embassies to lead the investigations,” he said.
US ambassador Robert Godec and British High Commissioner Nic
Hailey Monday condemned the killing and said they welcomed the government’s
commitment to investigate the crime saying they have offered their assistance
in the probe.
