IEBC receives first batch of presidential ballot papers

A ballot box at a polling station during a past vote. /FILE
A ballot box at a polling station during a past vote. /FILE

IEBC has received the first batch of presidential ballot papers.

Chairman Wafula Chebukati said the 192 units are for 30 counties, which will be confirmed on Tuesday.

Another batch will land on Tuesday, while the final batch is expected on Wednesday. The general election is seven days away.

Chebukati said they will carry out a simulation of the results transmission system on Wednesday at 3pm.

The exercise was postponed following the murder of ICT data centre manager Chris Msando.

Msando was reported missing on Friday and was found dead in Kikuyu on Saturday.

Before this, his vehicle was found near TRM on Thika Superhighway.

"The commission is cognisant of the sensitivity around the death and appeals to the political class to work towards a stable political environment," the chair said in a statement.

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Over the recent weeks there was concern that the presidential ballot papers may not be ready in time for the August 8 polls,

This is after the NASA coalition went to court seeking to halt printing of presidential ballot papers by Al Ghurair printing firm.

The Opposition claimed the Dubai-based firm had links with President Uhuru Kenyatta.

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