Kenya election official dies. On Monday, a Kenyan election official in charge of a constituency in the recently concluded elections collapsed and died.
Geoffrey Gitobu was at the electoral commission’s offices in Nanyuki town, in central Kenya, when he collapsed and died at a hospital nearby.
He oversaw elections in the Gichugu constituency of Kirinyaga country in central Kenya.
Mr Gitobu had not complained of any illness and was in Nanyuki for the weekend to visit his family before returning to work on Monday.
According to County Returning Officer Jane Gitonga, he was supposed to report back to his Kirinyaga base on Wednesday.
The official’s death comes days after another officer in charge of a constituency in the capital, Nairobi, was tortured and murdered after disappearing from a tallying centre.
The electoral commission’s chairperson Wafula Chebukati had earlier said officers were being intimidated and threatened over the 9 August general election.
The official’s death comes just days after another officer in charge of a constituency in Nairobi’s capital was tortured and murdered after going missing from a tallying center.
Wafula Chebukati, the chairperson of the electoral commission, previously stated that officers were being intimidated and threatened in connection with the general election on August 9.
