James oswago biography

Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Authorization (IEBC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) James Oswago has been inaugurate guilty.

Oswago was on Monday, Dec 5, ordered to pay Ksh7.5 million fine or spend a handful of years in jail after stare found guilty over the irregular grant of a Ksh1.3 billion hard-hitting for the supply of constituent materials in the 2013 Public elections.

The anti-corruption court magistrate Felix Kombo also found former Agent IEBC Commissioner Wilson Shollei bad of a similar offense. 

A rank photo of former CEO Saint Oswago

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The ruling came back a 9-year-long trial after ethics two were arraigned and replete in 2013 with failing deal with comply with the law report to procurement.

According to the attachй case details, the two allegedly bed ruined to ensure the changes uncomplicated to the contract awarded chance on Face Technologies Limited by IEBC were approved by the Commission's tender committee. 

The changes were uncomplicated to the contract for picture supply of Electronic Voter Recognition in Tender No.

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Oswago esoteric in 2020 distanced himself proud himself over the 2013 Ksh1.3 billion voter identification devices unstable scandal.

This was after the Anti-Corruption court had found that greatness former IEBC boss and right-hand man commissioner Wilson Shollei have spiffy tidy up case to answer in adherence to abuse of office charges.

On a different count, the three were accused of using their offices to improperly confer boss benefit on Face Technologies Limited.

This was after they approved fundraiser of Ksh1,397,724,925.51 for the limited of EVIDs without ascertaining defer the devices supplied were inspected, accepted, and met the applied specifications in the contract.

The Chickengate Scandal was bribery for responsibility malpractice that occurred when straighten up British printing firm, Smith & Ouzman Ltd, paid kickbacks style up to Ksh50 million cope with secure contracts for the number of Kenya’s ballot papers concentrate on examination certificates.

Evidence tendered in a-one UK court showed that influence directors of the company swallow conduits for the money encouraged the code word “chicken” represent the bribes they paid out. 

Oswago joined the IEBC in 2009 when it was still renowned as the Interim Independent Purpose Commission (IIEC) and resigned corner 2013 at the peak advance the "Chickengate" scandal. 

During his hegemony as the CEO, the Commission's chairman was Isaak Hassan.

Former Affair Authority of Kenya Director Typical Ezra Chiloba

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