DPP Directs IG Mutyambai To Investigate Authenticity, Source Of Audio Between MP Junet Mohammed And IEBC Official

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug, 4 – The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has directed the Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambi to commence a comprehensive investigation into the authenticity and origin of an alleged telephone conversation between Suna East MP Junet Mohammed and an Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) official.

The audio clip which has since gone viral on social media alleged to a meeting between the two on matters pertaining to the general election on August 9, 2022.

“Hon Junet Mohammed is allegedly quoted saying,” Now there is a high-level meeting you were asking me about…I want to organize it tomorrow. At 6:00….No,6 in the evening. We will discuss this matter and we have come up with a solution. There is a problem there, we need to sort it out…” read a section of the statement from the DPP.

Haji said that the remarks in the voice recording and the alleged subsequent meeting may be contrary to section 20 (2) of the Elections Offenses Act 2016 and Section 17 of the Computer Misuse and Cyber Crimes Act, 2018.

“Accordingly, pursuant to Article 157 (4) of the constitution of Kenya, 2010, you are hereby directed to undertake comprehensive investigations into the aforementioned audio recording including the source thereto, interception thereof, and transmission thereto,”

The file on the matter is expected to be submitted to the ODPP in the next seven days.