The firm transported materials to 17 regions, 290 constituencies and 34,000 polling stations. A petitioner who wants Parliament to speed up the removal of IEBC officers has urged MPs to investigate a private company that used state lorries to transport election materials and was paid millions. Barasa wants commissioner Albert Bwire, who chairs the finance committee and then transport manager Osman Mohamed – now an administrator– summoned to explain why the government lorries were used to transport the materials. There is also information the company was registered after the payments had been made,” Barasa said. “In view of the information, I am presenting before this committee, it is important that this matter be investigated.

Source: The Star July 05, 2016 01:52 UTC