Raila sparks storm by dragging Safaricom into poll dispute
Twitter was a storm of varied reactions after Nasa leader Raila Odinga linked telecommunication company Safaricom to the bungled August 8 presidential election.
Mr Odinga on Tuesday asked the mobile service provider, which was contracted by IEBC, to explain delays in transmission of August 8 election results.
The delays, he said, gave room to the manipulation of the poll outcome relayed to the national tallying centre at Bomas in the capital Nairobi.
Mr Odinga threatened court action against six individuals he claimed were part of the scheme he claimed denied him victory.
Nasa, he said, would institute private prosecution against the fingered Safaricom employees.
The accusation elicited varied reactions on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/Wachiraerik/status/912646108408578048
#IEBCDemos Nasa against Iebc officials Al Ghurair ot morpho safaricom.In simple terms they r against a fresh election
— CEO Karis (@jaymoh_karis) September 26, 2017
Hypocrisy is when you trust Safaricom with your money but you don't trust them with transmission of votes #IEBCDemos
— Sir Isaac Cheruiyot (@Sir_Isaac6) September 26, 2017
I hope Safaricom will not be be used to manipulate results coz this business can suffer heavy losses because of politics
— Most Excellent Muriithi (@FelixKMuriithi) September 26, 2017
Raila knows what he is saying, He knows IEBC procured satellite phones to transmit results where there is no network.safaricom si lazima.
— mustapha (@TotoLaBalozi) September 26, 2017
A paid service. Not free. Safaricom are not benefactors in this case in anyway at all. They are reaping bigly.
— Victor Kimuyu (@NectarBottle) September 26, 2017
ati you don't trust safaricom?really my friend??I wish you gave us an airtel paybill number to give our campaign donations #iebcdemos
— James Ng'ang'a (@Jymoh_nganga) September 26, 2017
No political rhetoric will ever take away what @SafaricomLtd has done for Kenyan lives @Safaricom_Care @SafaricomFDN @bobcollymore
— Kevin_Fitness (@malemodelkenya) September 26, 2017
Any1 incriminating safaricom i give them my full support .. vile saf ukula bundles lazima tu tuwatafutie makosa
— jude el gringo (@jude_el_gringo) September 26, 2017
I hear he doesn't want Bomas too. lol
— Espee. (@Espee_Njush) September 26, 2017
Can he refund my contribution to their paybill. I cannot trust safaricom with my money again
— Peter Chege the #Gamedev (@chegewamugo) September 26, 2017
Baba ameambia followers wake waboycott Safaricom?
— Micheal League (@vanpepeto) September 26, 2017