Electoral commission refutes Ruto's assertion concerning missing voters.

Kenya's election commission has refuted Deputy President William Ruto's allegations that the commission and other government officials were plotting to sabotage the August 9 election.

After the election, the deputy president is one of two major candidates hoping to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta. Raila Odinga, the former Prime Minister of Kenya, is his biggest opponent.

During a meeting with European Union ambassadors, Mr. Ruto said that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission had reportedly removed a million voters from the voting rolls in his strongholds (IEBC).

However, IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati claimed that there was no "breach of the voter registration" or "intervention with the mechanism that holds it."

"Let's not talk about a million names that have gone missing; there isn't such a thing." "The one million names we're talking about are for people who applied for transfers, and we're in the process of making sure the right transfers happen," he explained.

The deputy president accused government officials of taking sides in the upcoming election on Thursday.

In addition, Mr. Ruto has withdrawn from a presidential debate slated for July, alleging skewed media coverage.