The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has denied claims that one of its officers was transferred after allegedly intercepting election materials being taken across the Kenya-Uganda border.
The claims were contained in a report by KTN News and The Standard newspaper concerning alleged attempts to register Ugandan nationals as Kenyan voters ahead of the 2027 General Election.
In a statement issued on Monday, September 28, the DCI said the report had wrongly linked the agency to an alleged interception of a vehicle carrying election-related materials.
The agency said the claims were false and had no basis.
“The allegations are false, inaccurate and wholly without foundation,” the DCI said.
The report alleged that some Ugandan nationals were acquiring Kenyan identity cards and later registering as voters.
It further claimed that voter registration materials, including KIEMS kits, had been moved across the border from Trans Nzoia County into Uganda.
According to the report, a DCI officer allegedly intercepted the materials and questioned three people travelling in the vehicle.
The officer was then allegedly warned to drop the matter or risk being transferred, before later being moved to DCI Headquarters, the report claimed.
The DCI, however, disputed the account, saying there was no officer matching the description, no arrest as reported and no transfer connected to an electoral investigation.
“There is no such officer, no such arrest as portrayed and no such transfer linked to any electoral investigation as described in the report. The publication is therefore misleading,” the agency said.
The DCI also questioned the timing of the report, coming as preparations for the 2027 General Election continue.
The allegations have also drawn a response from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), which separately rejected claims of an organised scheme to register foreign nationals as Kenyan voters.
IEBC said it had not received credible evidence supporting claims of illegal voter registration, voter transfers or registration of foreigners.
The Standard, however, has maintained that its investigation raised questions about possible weaknesses in the systems used to issue identity documents and register voters along the Kenya-Uganda border.
The DCI said it was considering action over the report, without giving details of the steps it intended to take.
