[323] The petitioners further alleged that the 3rd respondent and the Deputy President being contestants in the presidential elections are guilty of corruptly influencing voters in the lead up to the 8th August, 2017 general election by paying reparations to victims of 2007 post-election violence (PEV) in various parts of the country and used the platforms to canvass for votes for personal political gain in the said electoral areas contrary to the Election Offences Act. In proof of this assertion, the petitioners rely on the affidavit of Ms. Olga Karani who attaches a transcription of the 3rd respondent’s speech during his tour of Kisii and Nyamira Counties during the campaign period. [324] In response, the 3rd respondent relies on the affidavit sworn by Dr. Kibicho aforesaid who stated that there is a National Consultative Coordination Committee (Committee) which is tasked with the obligation to manage the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) affairs on behalf of the Government. That any such funds are approved by Parliament and released by the Committee into the beneficiaries’ accounts and the 3rd respondent is not involved in the matter at all. [325] We have perused the attached video transcript, which is in the form of an interview conducted by one of the local news reporting station. We note that the transcript does not contain a satisfactory basis or convincing evidence to the effect that the 3rd respondent acted in any inappropriate manner with regard to the release of funds to IDPs. [326] The 1st petitioner’s further complaint on illegalities is that President Uhuru Kenyatta engaged Cabinet Secretaries who openly abused their position and used State resources in actively soliciting votes for him. Referring to Article 152(4)(a) of the Constitution, the petitioners submitted Presidential  Petition  No.  1  of  2017                                                                                                                                                                                                            140  |  P a g e