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Election official 'tortured and murdered' before vote

Al Jazeera 8 hours ago

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An official charged with overseeing Kenya's electronic voting system has been found dead just days before the August 8 presidential election, according to the commission's chairman. The body of Chris Msando, a top information technology manager at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), has been identified at the city morgue, Wafula Chebukati, IEBC chairperson, said on Monday. "There was no doubt he was tortured and murdered. The only question in our mind is who [killed him] and why he was killed a few days to elections," Chebukati told reporters. Msando was declared missing over the weekend. In an earlier statement, Chebukati said Msando was last seen on Friday night and ...

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