Kenya presidential candidate George Wajackoyah finally casts vote after kit hitch
Tuesday August 09 2022
Roots Party presidential candidate George Wajackoyah. PHOTO | NMG
Update:
Roots Party presidential candidate Prof George Wajackoyah has finally managed to cast his ballot in the 2022 general elections. His initial attemptfailed (read story below) after the elections technology kits failed to work at Indangalasia Primary School polling station in Kakamega County.
Earlier story
Kenya presidential candidate George Wajackoyah fails to vote after kit hitch
Roots Party presidential candidate Prof George Wajackoyah Tuesday morning failed to vote after the Kenya elections technology kits failed to work at his polling station.
Prof Wajackoyah had turned up at the Indangalasia Primary School in western Kenya at around a quarter past 10 am to cast his ballot, but officials said the Kenya Integrated Elections Management Systems (Kiems) kits had stopped working, and had requested direction from the headquarters.
“You would have started from here. But we are experiencing a challenge. The problem is with the machine. There is nothing we can do (now). We have communicated to the headquarters, and they said they are coming. If it is okay, voters will be given their 11 hours from the time we start,” an Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) official told Prof Wajackoyah.
The official assured Prof Wajackoyah that once the issue has been resolved, he and the other voters in the polling station will be allowed back to the station.
Prof Wajackoyah was optimistic that the issue will be resolved fast.
“I do not understand. Why is it not working? And can’t you just scan our identification documents and we vote? But do not worry. Things happen. As long as we do not go beyond today, we hope these issues are resolved,” Prof Wajackoyah told the IEBC official.