Kidero claims Mike Sonko's win was fraudulent

60pc of Forms 37A were faulty: Kidero

Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero (left) talks with Makadara MP George Aladwa during a church service at Gethsemane Ministry in Umoja, Nairobi, on September 10, 2017. He has said Mike Sonko's win was not legitimate. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

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• Dr Kidero added that 211 Forms 37A affecting more than 90,090 votes were not signed by presiding officers.

By COLLINS OMULO
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Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero on Monday said more than 60 percent of Forms 37A used to declare Mr Mike Sonko winner in the August 8 election had irregularities.

According to court papers filed by his lawyer Tom Ojienda, some forms had multiple anomalies, others lacked poll station tallies while some did not have security features, “with all the inconsistencies affecting more than 308,918 votes”.

In a sworn affidavit, Dr Kidero said among 798 of the 1,300 Forms 37A, some were not signed by party agents and presiding officers, others had varied dates while some were not stamped.

VOTES
The former governor filed an application in the High Court on Friday, seeking to be enjoined as an interested party in a case filed by Mr Japhet Muroko challenging Mr Sonko’s election.

Dr Kidero detailed the stations where the anomalies reportedly occurred, their code, stream, constituency and number of votes affected.

According to him, the votes were enough to tilt the outcome of the election.

Mr Sonko was declared winner with 869,050 votes against Dr Kidero’s 695,770.

SIGNED
The former county boss said 247 Forms 37A had more than one anomaly, ranging from unclear votes, unstamped forms, lack of signatures and varying number of votes.

He added that 62 of the sampled Forms 37A were not signed by agents, with presiding officers failing to give reasons.

“This represents 25,462 votes. The most affected constituencies were Roysambu, Embakasi North and Dagoretti South,” he said.

Dr Kidero added that 211 Forms 37A affecting more than 90,090 votes were not signed by presiding officers.

POLLING STATIONS
Forms 37A are filled by presiding officers after counting of votes at polling stations.

Dr Kidero said 12 forms had different dates of signing indicated by presiding officers, deputy presiding officers and party agents, affecting 5,725 votes.

“How could one polling station have the same Forms 37A with different dates? This clearly shows that the results on forms used to declare the election outcome were cooked,” he said.

He added that 243 forms did not have vote tallies while 291 forms were not stamped.