Matiang’i assures Kenyans government has no intentions of manipulating polls
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has denied reports of attempts to manipulate the elections come Tuesday.
Matiang’i who was speaking during a media briefing made it clear that the government had no intention of interfering with facilities and utilities that support the General Elections.
“We will not shut down the Internet or disrupt power supply. There is no policy or intention to engage in any voter suppression campaigns,” he said.
The sentiments by Matiang’i comes after Deputy President William Ruto accused the government of plotting to use chiefs and their assistants to disrupt upcoming polls.
The Deputy President also accused the Interior CS and Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho and National Government Administrative Officers in the Rift Valley region of holding and hosting in illegal meetings whose agenda is to plan and provoke ethnic tensions in the Rift Valley region.
In his defence ,however, CS Matiang’I denied the allegations by DP Ruto saying the Government is run through established and well-known structures and accountability channels.
“As a senior member of the same government, His Excellency the Deputy President ought to know and manifest an understanding of how government’s decisions are arrived at and executed,” CS Matiang’i said.
He reiterated government’s commitment to support the Chebukati led Commission to conduct and deliver free and fair elections.
