Chebukati ignoring our concerns; Raila’s protest letter to IEBC
Raila’s protest letter to IEBC (Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission) on election preparedness.
Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga has accused IEBC chairperson Wafula Chebukati of ignoring his concerns .
Raila Odinga through his legal chief advisor Paul Mwangi, has raised concerns over Chebukati’s refusal to address concerns in the preparation ahead of August 9 polls.
Raila’s protest letter to IEBC
Through a demand letter on Monday, July 4, Raila has decried the IEBC’s failure to respond to his letter dated June 27 where he was seeking a list of all polling stations together with their geo-reference, information on Kenya Integrated Election Management System (KIEMS) kits, training of election officials, election management and measures taken against IEBC officials implicated in the illegal transfer of voters.
In addition, Raila is demanding a bilateral consultative meeting with the commission within seven days to iron out some of the issues raised by Azimio team.
In order to assure transparency in the printing of the ballots, Azimio has also asked Chebukati to arrange for the delegation to visit the Inform Lykos printing factory in Athens, Greece.
Raila also requests that his technical team, together with the technical teams from the IEBC and Smartmatic International, the supplier of the election technology, be given the chance to observe the steps involved in creating the KIEMS kits.
Raila is putting more pressure on the IEBC to come up with an additional method of identifying voters.
Azimio has maintained that the commission must provide a manual voter register for all the polling stations in the country on the voting day.
“What concerns us is not that we insist you don’t use technology, yes use technology, use all the systems that have been described, whether you use them or not, but the law requires that you have them…” Mwangi stated.
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