Dubai-based printing firm, Al Ghurair, that was cleared to print presidential ballot papers on July 20 has announced the printing process is now complete.
Speaking to a Kenyan delegation on Thursday, the firm assured that the papers would arrive in the country in two consignments on July 31 and August 1.
The delegates were also given a tour of the company and taken through the printing process to foster transparency and build confidence in the firm.
Al Ghurair officials also revealed the exact number of ballots that have been printed for the presidential seat.
They clarified that they have printed one ballot paper for each of the 19.6 million registered voters and only an extra 1 per cent, about 196,000, additional presidential ballot papers.
The extras will be distributed equally to all the 40,833 polling stations for voters who have a genuine and justifiable reason for replacing it.
This had been one of the concerns raised by the Council of Governors in a letter written to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) early this week.
Led by the CoG Chairman, Turkana Governor Josphat Nanok, the team had asked IEBC to publish the quantity and serial numbers for gubernatorial ballot papers for each polling station in all counties.
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