CEO of Seamless Limited, Abdullahi Mohamed, has come out to speak about the contentious DCI-IEBC sticker scuffle seeking to clarify the recent series of events at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Mohamed told KTN news that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations was being partial in what they were releasing to the media and claimed DCI boss George Kinoti wanted to interfere with the August 9 polls.
Mohamed said Smartmatic had sub-contracted him for the upcoming Election, and further explained having recorded statements with the DCI.
He cut a frustrated figure as he tried to understand why the DCI still considered him as a person of interest in the ongoing investigations despite his compliance.
During an interview with NTV, Abdullahi Mohamed said: “I recorded a statement with the DCI and gave all corresponding documents that pointed to the working relations between Smartmatic, IEBC and the Venezuelan nationals and Seamless Technologies.”
Mohamed termed the alleged DCI findings as dishonest and ones meant to destruct IEBC from freely and fairly playing its role as mandated of conducting free, fair elections come the General Election.
Mohamed defended the three Venezuelans found with election equipment, saying that they were part of a team charged with the responsibility of training and ‘support solutions’ on behalf of Smartmatic International Holding.
According to DCI Boss Kinoti, the Venezuelan nationals; Jose Gregorio Camargo Castellanos, Joel Gustavo Rodriguez Garcia, and Salvador Javier Sosa Suarez were arrested after their bag which contained election materials was flagged at the airport.
Camargo was arrested on the afternoon of July 21, with 17 rolls of election stickers while Gustavo arrived in the country on July 15, with nine rolls of the same type of stickers and Suarez with eight rolls on the same day.
Kinoti shared that Camargo confessed to having been given the materials from Panama by his company M/S Smartmatic International Holding B.V and that the material was destined for a private office in Nairobi.
Kinoti said, “From the aforesaid invitation letters, it is clear that the three foreigners were in Kenya solely for business with Abdulahi Abdi Mohamed, applying for his personnel who he had contracted to come to his office in Nairobi for work-related activities. It is also clear that the said Camargo and his two counterparts were to report to Mohamed’s office at Nairobi and not at IEBC offices.”
