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Kenya: Multibillion-Shilling Tender Fights Derail Poll Planning
Nation, 29 October 2021
The electoral agency is in a legal quagmire following vicious fights between multinationals over multibillion-shilling tenders for supply of materials. Read more »
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Kenya: IEBC Plan for Manual Transmission of Results
Nation, 14 October 2021
The electoral commission has laid out at least 20 changes it wants effected to the law for a smooth General Election in 2022 in the hope that it will avoid the costly mistakes that… Read more »
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Kenya: IEBC Shops for New Election Management Kit
Nation, 4 October 2021
The electoral commission is once again shopping for new ICT equipment to manage next year's election, even as it began yesterday's nationwide voter enrolment using biometric… Read more »
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Kenya: Review Laws and Fund IEBC for Smooth Polls
Nation, 27 September 2021
Credibility of an election is predicated on the level of preparedness. Core to this is funding and the legal framework that provides a conducive environment for voting. Critical… Read more »
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Kenya: IEBC to Downscale Security Features on Ballot Papers to Cut Costs
Capital FM, 9 August 2021
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is planning to downscale security features on ballot papers from the nine to seven. Read more »
Squabble Over Poll Tender Hampers Kenya's 2022 Election Planning
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission is in a legal mess following vicious fights between multinational companies over multimillion-dollar tenders for the supply of voting materials. The firms are eyeing the electoral agency's U.S.$359 million budget for the 2022 General Election.
The Public Procurement Administrative Review Board has stopped a U.S.$24 million tender for the printing of ballot papers that had been awarded to a Greek firm, Inform Lykos (Hellas) SA.
The High Court has also overturned the board's cancellation of a lucrative tender for purchase of ICT tools.
The Greek firm won the tender on October 14, 2021 beating Dubai-based Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing LLC, which had the 2017 deal, writes Joseph Wangui for The Nation.
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