Former electoral agency CEO James Oswago and former chairman Issack Hassan have clashed over procurement of 4,000 additional Electronic Voter Identification Devices for the 2013 General Election.They cost Sh259 million. Oswago told the National Assembly Public Accounts Committee yesterday that the commission, chaired by Hassan, held a plenary meeting on January 2013 and approved procurement of the additional kits. The decision to procure the additional 4,000 kits was a commission plenary decision made by commissioners at the commission plenary meeting,” Oswago said. Chiloba joined the commission and within three months, he had paid,” Oswago said. He said the amount was for the supply of 4,600 additional kits, the hand-held devices but were not paid for in 2013.

Source: The Star April 16, 2018 21:11 UTC