Roots Party presidential candidate Prof. George Wajackoyah has raised complaints after the KIEMS kit failed at his polling station in Matungu, Kakamega County.
Roots Party presidential candidate Prof. George Wajackoyah spoke to the press at Indangalasia Primary School in Matungu, Kakamega County.
Speaking to the press at Indangalasia Primary School, the presidential aspirant expressed his disappointment and criticized IEBC for its failure.
“I am a disappointed man because all my competitors have voted; I am told Raila voted, Mwaure has already voted. I just spoke with him to congratulate him, and Ruto has voted. So why only me? Why Kakamega County? Why didn’t they test the kits?… I don’t know what to say,” he said.
The Professor further termed Kakamega as one of his main voter strongholds, claiming the delay robbed him of important support for his bid.
“I am not an engineer and if they tell me the kits are not working, then I listen to them. I have lost millions of votes, Kakamega is one of my strongholds,” he added.
“I am very disappointed,” he expressed the frustration with the KIEM kit failure
Roots leader together with his wife showed up at the Indangalasia Primary School at around 10:10 AM but was unable to vote due to the KIEMS kit failure which delayed the exercise.
“As of noon, no one in the polling station had cast their vote, we are waiting to see what happens as they have said. They said they would give us another 11 hours and asked us to be patient,” Wajackoyah addressed voters outside the polling station earlier in the morning.
The 2022 Presidential race attracted four contenders: Roots Party leader himself, David Mwaure of the Agano Party, Deputy President William Ruto of Kenya Kwanza, and Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition’s Raila Odinga.
All the other Candidates had cast their votes by 11: 00 AM in their respective polling stations opened from 6 am across the country, except for Wajackoyah who encountered a hitch in the KIEMS kit in his voting station.
DP Ruto had cast his vote some minutes past 6 am at Kosachei Primary School in Sugoi, Uasin Gishu County, accompanied by his wife Mama Rachel Ruto.
Meanwhile, David Mwaure cast his vote at Upper Hill Secondary School in Nairobi alongside his wife Ann Mwaure at around 7:15 am.
While former Prime Minister Raila Odinga voted at the Old Kibera primary school in Nairobi.
As previously reported, a population of 22.1 million registered voters will take to the polls this year to elect 290 Members of the National Assembly, 1,450 Members of the County Assembly, 47 senators, governors, and woman representatives, and The 5th President of the Republic of Kenya.
This election has drawn 63 political parties, with at least 11,330 candidates running for various seats.
The grand political contest has also drawn 3752 independent candidates vying for various seats across the country.
According to IEBC election data, 261 women are running for County MP seats across the counties, while 1,473 people are running for Member of Parliament seats.
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Other candidates include 9,142 people who are running for county assembly seats, while 183 and 263 people are running for governor and senator, respectively.
