The commission’s head, Wafula Chebukati, said during a press conference on Wednesday evening that he is certain that all of the complaints will be heard within the set deadlines.
The hearings on the different allegations are expected to begin this Friday, according to him.
“Dispute resolution occurs as soon as candidates are registered. The registration process was completed across the country yesterday. We have received 160 complaints that have been lodged with the commission thus far. “On June 10th, the hearing procedure will commence,” he said.
The commission would provide a 10-day window for dissatisfied aspirants to file complaints with the IEBC Dispute Resolution Committee, according to Chebukati.
“Some people may want to go to court,” he continued, “but by the end of this month, we’ll be ready to prepare the ballot papers.”
After his application for nomination as a presidential candidate was rejected by the IEBC for lack of a university degree, Safina Party leader Jimi Wanjigi, Reuben Kigame (Independent), and Ekuru Aukot (Thirdway Alliance) indicated on Tuesday that they will proceed to the committee to lodge complaints.
County Returning officers in Kiambu and Mombasa on Tuesday referred UDA nominee for Kiambu Senate seat Karungo wa Thang’wa and Wiper’s Mombasa Gubernatorial nominee Mike Sonko to the resolution team.
The IEBC boss further revealed that the commission will conduct a simulation of the technology to be used during August elections on Thursday.
He however stated that IEBC has pushed the gazettement of Voters Register to June 20 to enable the rectification of anomalies revealed during KPMG audit.
“There are claims that have been made from the9 verification process that called for updates to the register. We expect that by the time we issue our final report, we can confirm that we are comfortable with the implementation of the recommendations made.”