Kandara presiding officer Peter Kirugu Kamande was charged
with altering the presidential votes at the Kirii polling centre at Murang'a
County.
Kamande is alleged to have changed over 400 votes from
President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and awarded them to independent candidate
Kavinga Kaluyu.
Kandara Senior Resident Magistrate Manuela Kinyanjui later
referred Kamande's matter to the Murang’a Principal Magistrate's Court, which
has been gazetted to handle electoral matters.
Kandara Constituency has been in the limelight since last
week after an altercation between area MP Alice Wahome and returning
officer Martin Malonza.
The Kandara MP was caught on camera harassing Malonza at
Ng’araria Girls Secondary School, demanding to sign Form 34B as Jubilee Party’s
chief agent in the area.
Malonza said the MP roughed him up and blocked him from
leaving just a few meters from the center.
However, the legislator denied there was commotion, saying
she merely wanted to verify the results of Jubilee's candidate Uhuru Kenyatta.
Already, the IEBC has called for Wahome to be prosecuted for
committing an electoral offence and intimidation of election officials.
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Kandara MP Alice
Wahome.
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Director of Public Prosecutions Dr Keriako Tobiko asked the
Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet to investigate the Jubilee legislator.
On Monday the police summoned Wahome for questioning
over the incident.
However, on Tuesday, Murang’a CID boss Julius Rutere said
police had yet to complete their investigations.
He disclosed Wahome had recorded a statement to facilitate
investigations being spearheaded by the Murang’a South criminal investigations
office.
