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Kenyan election IT head Chris Msando found dead
Source: BBC
The man in charge of Kenya's computerised voting system has been found dead just days before the 8 August elections.
Chris Msando, an electoral commission IT manager, had gone missing on Friday.
"There was no doubt he was tortured and murdered," said the commission's chairperson, Wafula Chebukati.
Tension is high as the presidential election is expected to be a close race between incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and long-time opponent Raila Odinga.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40774938
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Kenyan election IT head Chris Msando found dead (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2017
OP
Exactly, to hide his ... wait a minute; someone's knocking at the door. NT
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2017
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BigmanPigman
(51,368 posts)1. Man, I thought our election and system sucked.
I hope they use paper ballots now!
ancianita
(35,711 posts)2. Cyberwar and rigged elections are what political control is about everywhere.
dembotoz
(16,708 posts)3. can see it now...obama did it
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,710 posts)4. Exactly, to hide his ... wait a minute; someone's knocking at the door. NT