Githongo alleges a 56-man team altered Forms 34A to favour Ruto

Githongo names President-elect William Ruto as the ninth respondent in the affidavit filed at Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday.

Githongo claims to have evidence from a whistleblower that the results were fraudulently exaggerated, suppressed, and substituted.

He explained that on August 18, he was introduced to a young man in Nairobi who said he had "a matter of national importance he wished to discuss."

According to Githongo, the young man who was "visibly tense and terrified" revealed the truth about how the 9th respondent won the polls and explained how it was done.

"He revealed to me utterly shocking details of how he together with others, were involved in a large scale, well orchestrated fraudulent scheme that enabled them to interfere with and compromise with the IEBC electoral data transmission system," read part of the petition.

Githongo noted that the man claimed to be a member of "The Team," a group of 56 people assembled to ensure a fraudulent victory "by any means possible."

Ten people (including the young man) served as supervisors, while the remaining 46 were given access to the manipulating entries. They were tasked with obtaining form 34As from KIEMS Kits, editing them, and uploading them to the IEBC portal.

Dennis Itumbi, Morris Mutegi, Davis Chirchir, Jackson Kandi, Baby Serge, and Kibyegon were the other supervisors according to the court papers. 

Githongo added that the team's ICT experts had access to IEBC's back-end servers, which were working in tandem with Smartmatic, the company that won the tender to provide technology for the polls.

To bolster his case, he claims to have a video of the testimony but will not reveal it until he appears in court.

He also stated that, for the sake of the young man's safety, he will conceal his face and distort his voice.

Inuka Kenya is a non-governmental organization that promotes good governance in Kenya. They were among the observers at the recently concluded polls.