Interior CS Fred Matiang'i on Tuesday commended Nyamira for the high voter turnout and order at polling stations in the county.
Matiang'i cast his vote at Manga Girls' PAG High School in Borabu.
He told reporters that security agents are on high alert and will do everything in their power to maintain peace and keep trouble makers from polling stations.
He said queues indicated that people were willing to exercise their democratic right of electing leaders of their choice.
"I have been in constant communication with all my commissioners throughout the night to ensure we give IEBC all the support they require to conduct credible elections. So far, no serious security incident has been reported apart from the Wajir county standoff last evening which we have since resolved. It was not a security matter but an IEBC administrative issue,” the CS said.
"In places where polling materials had not arrived by yesterday, we have looked for an aerial escort which will aid in transporting the materials to all affected areas. Today we are getting instructions from IEBC on what we need to assist them with and we’ll do exactly that. All other matters relating to who does what to enable citizens vote smoothly is purely an IEBC role."
He said any offence, disturbance or malpractice which IEBC would want them to deal with shall be dealt with it in accordance with the law.
“We have a multi-agency security team overseeing the whole process in the whole country and where we have any security challenges, we shall handle it efficiently. So far so good it is a good start,” he added.
-Edited by SKanyara
