Prime Minister Raila Odinga's advisor on coalition matters Miguna Miguna was suspended over gross misconduct August 4, 2011. FILE
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has suspended his advisor on coalition affairs Miguna Miguna.
Mr Miguna was suspended Thursday over gross misconduct as a probe over hate campaign in the Interim Independent Electoral Commission takes root.
He is accused of among other things harassment, intimidation and use of abusive language to colleagues.
On Wednesday, the IIEC recalled chief executive officer James Oswago from an overseas trip and suspended his personal assistant in a crackdown on a smear campaign targeting commissioners.
The IIEC also called in the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) to investigate allegations of nepotism, corruption and infighting.
Chairman Ahmed Isaack Hassan dismissed the allegations as “totally false” and political.
“We have operated this commission with utmost high standards and professionalism. We hired a human resource firm to do the recruitment. This is the first time that the electoral commission was even advertising for clerks. We have been very professional and transparent. That is the reason we find those allegations very malicious and just out to destroy us,” he said.
Mr Hassan said Mr Allan Odongo was suspended after articles painting the commission in bad light were found on his laptop.
“Some of the articles are word for word of what has been printed in a local paper’s opinion pages under a different byline. The other articles were due to be released in subsequent publications. The commission has since suspended the said officer pending further investigations,” the IIEC chairman said.
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