The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has promised to be more open and transparent in its preparation for the October 26th repeat presidential election.
In a letter addressed to opposition party National Super Alliance (Nasa), IEBC said it has invited technical experts from the United Nations and the Commonwealth as well as representatives of presidential candidates into the electoral ICT team to ensure more transparency.
The Commission also said the media will be given a nod to cover the declaration of poll results in the 290 constituency tallying centres.
The electoral commission also said it has a two-year contract with Al Ghurair to print ballots and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) had offered to procure the materials for the repeat poll.
IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati further revealed that some Returning Officers will be transferred, while others may face disciplinary action as a result of invalidated August 8th elections.
The commission further said the media and other independent observers will be allowed to access the entire electoral process including ballot paper printing, deployment and reception of election materials, polling, counting at the polling stations and tallying at both the constituency and national centre.
“The commission will provide access to accredited media houses to cover results announcements at all levels. Media will be encouraged to show a live feed of the verified results,” the commission said in the letter.
“All forms 34A will be reprinted with the candidate and polling station names,” Mr Chebukati said.
The commission insisted that due to time constraints, Dubai-based Al Ghurair Company will print ballot papers and result forms and French firm OT-Morpho will supply result transmission system for the fresh presidential poll.
You didn’t have to invite…
You didn’t have to invite them, Chebukati, Alumbe has already done so……your work is well done…go figure i****!
Chebukati trying to do his…
Chebukati trying to do his boss Rao work and not that of Kenyans.
What makes them experts What…
What makes them experts What NASA and all Kenyan voters need is an IT expert to ensure that the results transmitted are the ones that reflect actual votes not cooked numbers.It matters not the number of voters but WHO counts and then TRANSMITS the votes.Having an international observer there is merely putting a show.We do not want a show but a free and credible process wazungu wakae kwao au waende kuangalia wanyama porini.
Only in Kenya would they…
Only in Kenya would they allow a pilot who crashed an aircraft and was the sole survivor after everybody died fly another one! IEBC needs an all new staff!
Ndugu Wafula Chebukati for the sake of a new corrupt free
and competent IEBC, please step down. Not only did you embarrass the nation with the shoddy work you did during the election, half of the people you cleared to run for an elective public office should actually be in jail! I don’t have to enumerate their names here because you know them. We (the people of Kenya) have no confidence in you running another election with the same incompetent people.
Long live Kenya without Wafula Chebukati running another election come October 26!