Wafula Chebukati, the Commission’s Chairperson, stated on Sunday that the electoral body is committed to conducting a free, fair, and successful election, and urged all political stakeholders to work with the Commission in the event of any concerns in order to ensure a successful and seamless election.
Chebukati stated while presenting a preliminary response to ten problems highlighted by Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga shortly after he and his running mate Martha Karua were authorized to enter the State House campaign.
“What you referred to as simulation, the technological dry run, will be done here at Bomas next week on or before the 9th, and you have given us a chief agent to work with, and your team, you will be invited to participate in that simulation exercise,” Chebukati added.
The simulation is aimed to identify issues in transmitting electronic copies of election results to the National Tallying Center for collation of provisional election results.
“Please do not hesitate to contact us through your team; we have an open-door policy.” We’d be pleased to engage on a daily basis, but we don’t want to hear about the deliveries from your campaign rallies. In answer to Odinga’s questions, he responded, “Please come and we will discuss, and we will do what we have to do to give Kenyans what they deserve.”
The IEBC is obligated to validate tangible statutory documents before declaring an election’s outcome, therefore electronically transmitted results are only utilized to establish a provisional total.
Five candidates have been given the green light to run for president in the August 9 election.
Raila Odinga, the United Democratic Alliance’s (UDA) Deputy William Ruto, the Agano Party’s David Mwaura, and the Roots Party’s George Wajackoyah are among them.