I Was Given Screenshots Instead Of Hacking Logs- John Githongo
He affirmed that he retrieved the logs from his source and not him as claimed.
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Former journalist and corruption whistleblower, John Mark Githongo has now changed tune by revealing that he was furnished with the wrong logs that he presented as evidence in the first affidavit of how hackers can infiltrate the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) systems.
In his affidavit filed on Monday, August 29, Githongo explained that he was given demo screenshots of how the exercise was carried out, instead of the actual logs given to him by a young man who introduced him to the techniques of the process.
He affirmed that he retrieved the logs from his source and not him as claimed. His source, the man, was one of the 56 hackers allegedly contracted by the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) proponents to interfere with the Forms 34A before they were uploaded into the IEBC system.
IEBC chairperson, Wafula Chebukati, during a past media address. /FILE
"I have come to learn that the logs furnished to me by the young man were meant to be a DEMO on how the IEBC server can be accessed and manipulated by external unauthorised parties. The same are screen grabs commonly known as screenshots and are not actual logs," read his affidavit in part.
"The logs annexed to my affidavit dated 21st August 2022 are the exact logs that were given to me by the young man referred to in my affidavit therein and therefore and logs did not originate from myself or the petitioner but from the aforesaid young man. One cannot falsify something that has been availed to them by someone else."
Githongo further maintained that the contents in the affidavits which poked holes in the alterations of Forms 34A still stand and await a response from President-elect, William Ruto.
He added that his statement on the hacking of the IEBC system was backed by an affidavit by IEBC commissioner, Justus Nyang'aya.
Nyang'aya also claimed that IEBC chairperson, Wafula Chebukati, had collaborated with three IEBC staff to manipulate the presidential results uploaded from tallying centres across the country. The trio, he further alleged, were Abdidahir Maalim, Moses Sunkuli and Gideon Balang, who are yet to file a response to their claims.
Githongo noted that the 56-man team had 10 supervisors wherein the whistleblower was one of the supervisors while the other 46 people were doing the data entries.
He argued that the team was instructed to alter the vote count from one presidential candidate to the other by way of deduction while keeping the total number of valid votes cast.
Gthongo further claimed that the man informed him that they had access to the back end of the IEBC server through an arrangement between the commission together with Smartmatic, the company that won the tender to provide election technology in the just concluded general election; and, officials of the IEBC’s ICT Department.
"I have been shown an Affidavit by Githongo that alleges he met with an unnamed whistleblower, who purports to have revealed details of his involvement with a ‘large scale, well-orchestrated fraudulent scheme that enabled them to interfere with and compromise the IEBC electoral data transmission system and manipulate the presidential election results' in favour of DP Ruto.
"Githongo’s narration and whistle-blower account is a fantasy and fictional story with shadowy imaginary characters and locations," he revealed.
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