In order to allow registered voters to verify their identification before the election next Tuesday, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will make the official voter register available to all polling places on Tuesday, August 2.
The register must be posted at each polling location by Tuesday evening, according to IEBC Vice Chairperson Juliana Cherera, who spoke to the media on Monday.
They will be distributed among the 46,299 polling locations that the IEBC has declared will be used for the election.
“Today we have started distribution of strategic materials to the counties. Remember seven days to the polls we affix the voter register outside the polling station and so this exercise will begin tomorrow and by end of business tomorrow we will have concluded the exercise,” said Cherera.
She said that the closure of schools is an integral part of the elections as most of them will be used as polling stations.
“We are happy that the Ministry of Education has announced the closure of schools to be tomorrow as it allows us to access the polling stations,” Cherera stated.
In May, the IEBC gave eligible people the opportunity to check whether their biometric data was correctly documented in the register.
Those who had problems with their data could make a claim to the Registration Officer at any IEBC office across the country with a valid identity card or passport within the specified time frame.
Meanwhile, the IEBC stated that other strategic materials, such as ballot boxes and papers, have begun and will be delivered to the respective voting centers by August 6.
So far, all gubernatorial, senatorial, MP, and MCA ballot papers have arrived and are being stored at the commission’s warehouse.
Only one batch of presidential ballot papers has arrived, with the last consignment expected to arrive on Wednesday, August 3.
IEBC has promised that the elections will be carried out in a transparent manner.