Kenya's electronic voting system won't be ready, says French firm
An IEBC official holds a KIEMS gadget during tallying at Nyeri Technical in Nyeri town on August 9, 2017. The electronic voting system due to be used in a re-run of Kenya's presidential poll will not be ready in time, the French biometrics firm behind has said. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NATION
The electronic voting system due to be used in a re-run of Kenya's presidential poll will not be ready in time, the French biometrics firm behind it said Monday.
OT-Morpho provided Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) with equipment to identify voters biometrically in the August 8 election. The result of the vote was annulled by the Supreme Court, and a re-run has been scheduled for October 17, when the system is to be deployed again.
