Hassan Omar refuses to apologise to Kenya’s electoral commission
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Citizen
Hassan Omar, secretary-general of the United Democratic Alliance, refuses to apologise for remarks referring to dead people voting for William Ruto. Appearing before Kenya’s electoral commission, he says he used a metaphor to encourage coastal residents to register as voters, reports Citizen.
Hassan Omar, secretary-general of Kenya’s ruling party, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), has refused to apologise to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for remarks about dead people voting for President William Ruto in the 2027 election. He appeared before the IEBC disciplinary committee on Wednesday and maintains that his words were taken out of context.
Omar says he used a metaphor to urge residents of the coastal region to register as voters in large numbers. IEBC lawyer Nancy Koros, by contrast, says his remarks encouraged the illegal use of deceased people’s biometric data to vote. Omar’s lawyer, Kibet Kirui, argued that it was an appeal for living voters to mobilise.
The disciplinary committee has yet to issue its decision. The IEBC had already been approached after Omar’s remarks about using the fingerprints of deceased people in the 2027 election, reported on 12 September in an article about using dead people’s fingerprints to vote.
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