Kenya Opposition Links President's Family to Ballot Contract
- President’s brother may be linked to Dubai-based company
- Kenyatta accused of colluding with electoral body on tender
Uhuru Kenyatta
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Kenya’s main opposition party linked President Uhuru Kenyatta’s family to a Dubai-based company awarded a tender to print ballot papers for this year’s elections, as it demanded the contract be canceled.
Kenyatta’s brother, Muhoho, “is the local contact for Al Ghurair and possibly a shareholder” in Al Ghurair Printing & Publishing Ltd., Musalia Mudavadi, a leader of the opposition National Super Alliance, told reporters on Wednesday in the capital, Nairobi. He also accused the president of influencing the award of the tender “in collusion with some technical staff” at Kenya’s electoral body.