ODM MP Otiende Amollo Admits NASA Hacked IEBC Servers to Access Election Results

An Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Member of Parliament has revealed that National Super Alliance (Nasa) hacked Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) servers.

Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo said NASA infiltrated the electoral commission's servers to access the actual results of the August 8th, 2017 presidential election.

Speaking before the floor of the National Assembly where he made submissions opposing the enactment of the Cyber-crime Bill, the MP argued that the law was unconstitutional as some of its clauses would infringe on the rights of Kenyans.

"Those of us who belong to the Nasa coalition complained in the Supreme Court, which directed that servers be opened, but the commission refused. We were able to access the servers and we published results."

He added: "If this bill was a law we would now be serving jail terms of not less than five years or we would be compelled to pay hefty fines."

Otiende, who was part of the legal team that represented Opposition leader Raila Odinga during the petition challenging President Kenyatta's win in the August elections, further stated that the Bill violates rights to access of information.

"And therefore being a person who would want to access the servers in the future in the unlikely event that IEBC unlawfully refuses to present the information, I would most definitely not support it," he added.

His claims attracted immediate reaction from Jubilee MPs, who demanded he withdraws his remarks.

"It should be put on record that the MP presents evidence that they hacked the servers or withdraws the statement. If they accessed the servers, that is hacking, so they must be held criminally liable. This bill has come in time and we must act or the MP must apologise," Murang'a Women Representative Sabina Chege said.

Nyeri Town MP Wambugu Ngunjiri noted: "If they claim this is not hacking, they should define what hacking is so that we all understand what they did."