Alice Wahome Facing Arrest Over Altercation With IEBC Official (Video)

The Director of Public Prosecution has ordered for the arrest and arraignment of Kandara MP Alice Wahome following her altercation with an IEBC official on Friday.

In a statement signed by Senior Assistant DPP Alloys Kemo, the prosecution office has directed Inspector General of Police, Joseph Boinett, to launch a probe against Wahome who was videoed engaging in an altercation with Kandara Returning officer, Martin Malonza.

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“Our attention has been drawn to a video circulating on social media depicting Hon. Alice Wahome assaulting and/or obstructing an Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission official on October 27,” Kemo said in the letter.

“Consequently, I am directed by the DPP to advise [Boiet] to immediately and urgently commence investigations into the incident and cause the said MP to be arrested and charged in a court of law with the relevant offences under the Penal Code and the Election Offences Act.”

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If convicted, the MP could face a fine not exceeding KSh500,000 or imprisonment not exceeding five years, according to the Election Offences Act (2016).

Alice Wahome claimed the returning officer did not give Jubilee agents time to verify results on Form 34B.

She said constituency chief agent John Gitau had raised the matter with the returning officer who said the issue would be dealt with at the end of the exercise.

“I also asked Malonza to give us more time to agree on what to do about the wrong entry but he flatly refused and became loud and uncooperative without regarding the agents,” she said.

The lawmaker said the issue is not about changing results, but a disagreement on how to deal with “votes stolen from Uhuru”.

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NASA supporters have claimed Wahome attempted to rig the votes while Jubilee members are praising her for protecting President Kenyatta’s votes.

The electoral commission, however, believes that the MP committed an electoral offence and intimidated an official doing his work. They have called for her prosecution.