The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has announced that multiple servers will be used in next year’s elections, in an effort to correct the errors that led to the nullification of the 2017 presidential election.
“We shall have multiple servers not just one server. But several available for media, candidates and political parties if possible. But a framework will be generated so that information being transmitted will be the same in all servers,” IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati said.
To address the server’s skepticism, Chebukati claims that results at voting booths will be definitive in the August 2022 elections.
“In 2022 we have addressed those issues. We shall work with media and we have lined up meetings so that election results are in the polling stations after counting in a polling stations those are the results.”
The IEBC intends to begin removing obstacles for the 2022 election, including complying with the recent High Court order on continuous voter registration.
The electoral body is now pleading with the exchequer to deliver the funds as soon as possible, saying that the commission’s ambitious 5-year strategic plan will cost Ksh.81 billion.
