- Martha Karua has responded after NTV’s television program revisited allegations that the results of the 2007 presidential election were manipulated.
- Karua said he was supporting Mwai Kibaki at the time but denied participating in any plan to steal votes or incite violence
- The revelations recreated the dramatic events at the national counting centre, detailing pressure, security preparations and political maneuvering as the results were announced.
Martha Karua has spoken after NTV Kenya reviewed allegations that the results of the 2007 presidential election were tampered with to deny victory to Raila Odinga.
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The article mentioned several politicians who were present at the national counting center at the Kenyatta International Conference Center (KICC) during the final hours of counting.
Responding to a netizen, Karua distanced himself from the allegations that he was involved in rigging the election results.
He said he openly supported the then president Mwai Kibaki but he insisted that he did not help fraud in the election or contribute to the violence that followed the disputed election.
“I was Kibaki’s main supporter but I did not help or support theft or cause violence the way William Ruto brought him to The Hague. I was what James Orengo was to Raila Odinga, an agent,” Karua said.
Details of the original NTV article about the 2007 elections
The article recreated the final hours of the vote tallying process at the national center within the KICC.
Eyewitness accounts claim that the process became increasingly chaotic as the results arrived slowly before suddenly shifting in favor of the administrator.
Former government spokesman Alfred Mutua he was involved in the disclosure expressing concern within government circles while media reports showed Odinga leading the race.
According to the article, officials feared legal action could delay the swearing-in if the announcement was delayed, prompting urgent discussions on how to ensure the results are announced quickly.
Did Nimrod Mbai drag Kivitu to the White House in 2007?
The article also cited testimony from Nimrod Mbai, who was then a police officer attached to Mutua’s security.
Mbai said he was sidelined for a sensitive operation involving the chairman of the electoral council at the time, Samuel Kivuitu.
His job, he recalled, was to help Kivuitu get safely to the State House if chaos broke out at the counting station.
Another important person mentioned is the former editor-in-chief of the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) Waithaka Waihenya.
He recalled receiving a lot of pressure from various political stakeholders on how and when the final results would be announced, with tension rising within the polling station and across the country.
How was Kibaki declared the winner in 2007?
The disclosure claimed that during the confusion at the results tabulation centre, the broadcast of the results was finally recorded in a separate room before being aired, thus paving the way for Kibaki’s hasty swearing-in at the State House that evening.
The controversial announcement sparked widespread unrest that later forced international mediation and the creation of a power-sharing government in 2008.
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During James Nguyo Gitahi’s funeral in Machakos on March 15, 2025, Royal Media Services (RMS) Chairman SK Macharia claimed that Raila won the 2007 presidential election with 1.8 million votes.
Fulfilling the agreement to “tell the truth” made by the late Gitahi, Macharia claimed that he was forcibly taken from his home at night to his office, where he was pressured to falsify data to compile Kibaki.
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