IEBC CEO Marjan calls for probe into murder of electoral body’s official in Mombasa

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) CEO Hussein Marjan Hussein has called for speedy investigations into the murder of Acting Kilifi Elections Manager Aisha Abubakar, who was killed at her home in Utange, Mombasa County.

Speaking in Mombasa after attending the burial, Marjan condemned the incident and the perpetrators behind Aisha’s death.

He said Aisha was a diligent staff who served the Commission well and rose through the ranks to the position of Acting County Elections Manager.

“The culprits also stole official materials and documents; we cannot rule out the possibility that the attack had something to do with that,” added Marjan.

Mombasa leaders have called on the police to conduct operations to flush out criminal gangs that have been on the rise in recent days.

“Kisauni is increasingly becoming an insecure region and we urge the police and detectives to restore security,” Kisauni MP Rashid Bedzimba said.

“If we elected leaders have security detail assigned to us, high-ranking IEBC officials like Aisha ought to have the same too,” Shanzu MCA Allan Katana said.

According to a police report, two suspected robbers broke into Aisha’s in the wee hours of Sunday morning and used a knife to attack her and 18-year-old Khasim Hassan.

“They gained access to the house by cutting the grills of the kitchen window while armed with crowbar and knife,” said the report in part.

The suspects, one wearing a mask, are then said to have cut Aisha on the head above her right eye and also used a knife to inflict wounds on Khasim’s head.

They then stole Asiha’s mobile phone, a TV, a sound system, an iPad, and another phone before fleeing.

Khasim managed to drive her mother to Premier Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.