Nairobi, April 2 -- In the first instalment of the serialisation of Ahmed Issack Hassan's memoirs, Referee of a Dirty, Ugly Game, the former chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (2011-2016) tells of tense moments in Kenya's first polls under new laws in 2013, including what appeared to be a cyberattack on the system relaying presidential election results, pressure from Raila Odinga's camp and frantic phone calls from William Ruto - Uhuru Kenyatta's running mate

Voters around the country turned out in large numbers in the 2013 elections, with a record high of 86 per cent, which had never been witnessed before in Kenya. It was indeed a historic election.

It was the first general election after the promulgation o...