BRITAIN Dismisses on UHURU/ RUTO’s claims...We are not interfering with Presidential Results They Say...

The UK has come out strongly to dismiss allegations made earlier by officials of the Jubilee alliance that it has taken sides in the Kenyan election and that–sensing a Jubilee win- it was actively pushing for a run off.

The Jubilee alliance through a statement read by Water Minister Charity Ngilu had earlier raised some eyebrows by suggesting that there had been an unusual influx of British soldiers into the country.

However in a swift rejoinder British Foreign Office spokesperson John Bradsaw has said that Jubilee’s allegations were both malicious and unfounded since the British soldiers currently in the country are part of the normal training programme;

“British soldiers currently in Kenya are here as part of the regular training programme at British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) agreed with the Kenyan MoD. This routine exercise is completely unrelated to the Kenyan elections, and was planned nine months ago.”

“Claims of British interference, including by the High Commission, in the electoral process are entirely false and misleading,” he added.

Bradsaw also went on to explain that all the British citizens currently involved in the elections, including a 40-member observer team, were accredited by the IEBC and were in no way inferring in the process;

“Alongside six independent observer missions and representatives from the rest of the diplomatic community, the UK has had 40 electoral observers accredited by the IEBC observing the elections across the country,” he explained.

The spokesman further elaborated that the UK does not have an opinion on whether the spoilt votes should be included in the total number of votes cast and said the matter should be left to the IEBC;

“The UK does not have a position on the question of how to handle the rejected votes. That is for the IEBC, and if necessary Kenyan courts, to determine,” he said.