The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has received several complaints about the failure of the KIEMS Kit to identify some voters an issue it has blamed on the arrest of the Venezuelans
IEBC CEO Hussein Marjan during a brief on the ongoing polls lamented that the confiscation of the stickers found in the possession of the Venezuelans led to the grounding of kits in the commission’s warehouse.
“We had a challenge in logistics and it was brought about due to delays in dispatching them. As you remember, some of the kits were held in our warehouse because of the issue of the stickers. That might have contributed to that,” Marjan said.
Pointing out a delay since the electoral body was forced to relabel the kits afresh which caused a delay in the dispatch process of most crucial gadgets.
The IEBC CEO backed the deployment of the printed register as the backup kits were tested and showed a failure. This was induced by a mix-up in backing up the voters’ data that is stored in memory cards thereby.
Adding that some of the backup kits had been airlifted to some of the affected areas, adding that voters in the polling stations would be allowed more time to exercise their civic duty.
“We deployed the printed register because when the backup kits were tested, there was a challenge. Remember we said that for one to duplicate the SD cards, you will have to pick biometrics who a whole region but biographics for the whole country, so if you take it to a different place, that machine will not work in that specific area,” the IEBC CEO explained.
The occurrences have been blamed on the officers on July 21 who arrested Jose Gregorio Camargo Castellanos, and his two colleagues at the JKIA shortly after his arrival and were found to be in possession of 17 rolls of stickers believed to be election material.
