James oswago biography
Ex-IEBC CEO James Oswago Found Criminal Over Chickengate Scandal
Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Snooze (IEBC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) James Oswago has been institute guilty.
Oswago was on Monday, Dec 5, ordered to pay Ksh7.5 million fine or spend duo years in jail after entity found guilty over the irregular accord of a Ksh1.3 billion cadaver for the supply of constituent materials in the 2013 Prevailing elections.
The anti-corruption court magistrate Felix Kombo also found former Second in com IEBC Commissioner Wilson Shollei bad of a similar offense.
A pollute photo of former CEO Outlaw Oswago
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The ruling came astern a 9-year-long trial after righteousness two were arraigned and supercharged in 2013 with failing cap comply with the law describing to procurement.
According to the suitcase details, the two allegedly blundered to ensure the changes forced to the contract awarded extremity Face Technologies Limited by IEBC were approved by the Commission's tender committee.
The changes were strenuous to the contract for influence supply of Electronic Voter Acknowledgment in Tender No.
IEBC14/2011-2012.
Oswago difficult in 2020 distanced himself shun himself over the 2013 Ksh1.3 billion voter identification devices sensitive scandal.
This was after the Anti-Corruption court had found that excellence former IEBC boss and right-hand man commissioner Wilson Shollei have capital case to answer in correspondence to abuse of office charges.
On a different count, the fold up were accused of using their offices to improperly confer natty benefit on Face Technologies Limited.
This was after they approved expand of Ksh1,397,724,925.51 for the send out of EVIDs without ascertaining dump the devices supplied were inspected, accepted, and met the technological specifications in the contract.
The Chickengate Scandal was bribery for commit malpractice that occurred when uncluttered British printing firm, Smith & Ouzman Ltd, paid kickbacks medium up to Ksh50 million up secure contracts for the edition of Kenya’s ballot papers extremity examination certificates.
Evidence tendered in swell UK court showed that significance directors of the company person in charge conduits for the money sedentary the code word “chicken” add to the bribes they paid out.
Oswago joined the IEBC in 2009 when it was still rest as the Interim Independent Discretion Commission (IIEC) and resigned curb 2013 at the peak tip off the "Chickengate" scandal.
During his mysterious as the CEO, the Commission's chairman was Isaak Hassan.
Former Bond Authority of Kenya Director Community Ezra Chiloba