Raila’s latest onslaught against poll agency over relaying of results.

The National Super Alliance( NASA) has lodged
another onslaught against the electoral commission.
This time, the tussle is about the complementary
system for voter identification and transmission of
results.
The Opposition coalition, in a fresh suit, has moved
to court complaining that the Independent Electoral
and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had not put in
place the system and that there was no public
participation in the whole process.
With only a month to the elections, NASA in its
papers seen by The Standard wants the court to
declare that the deadline set to put up the system
is 60 days to the election date and that there
should be no backup system.
“Considering that the said mechanism is only a
backup system to the electronic voter identification
and transmission system for results, it follows that
unless the complementary system is established by
regulations, the said elections scheduled for August
8, 2017 shall be exclusively electronic and without a
complementary backup system,” the case filed by
NASA’s lawyer Jackson Awele reads in part.
Complimentary system
According to the Opposition, the delay in
establishing the complementary system is shrouded
in bad faith and given that there is no adequate
time, the system cannot be installed without the
approval of Parliament and the participation of all
parties.
The new game plan by NASA will further plunge the
Wafula Chebukati-led team into limbo as they try to
defend the case in court.
“With less than 40 days to go, the respondent has
failed or neglected to put in place the said
mechanism through public participation and in
consultation with the public or at all has additionally
failed to provide information regarding the said
system,” NASA claims.

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