20 ballot boxes were on Thursday morning found abandoned in the Dans Hotel conference hall in Kisii Town.
The boxes which were discovered were labelled Governor, Member of National Assembly, Ward Representative and Woman Representative with reports indicating that some of them had unmarked pieces of paper.
According to the Hotel Manager Richard Omari, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had hired the hall a few days to the August 8 elections to conduct a training.
Omari said the boxes had been discovered by the hotel's staff, who went to prepare the conference hall for another group.
"The hall had been closed since it was last used by the IEBC. That is why the materials were found when the new clients came requesting for a room to conduct their seminar," Mr Omari stated.
An IEBC official who wished to remain anonymous downplayed the incident stating that the material were samples used by the electoral Commission to train clerks and poll officials.
“These materials were left here during the training which was conducted between July 25 and 28," the official expressed.
Last week, 16 presidential ballot boxes were found broken and the seals removed in Embakasi South constituency, Nairobi county.
Police arrested three people among them two IEBC officials who were found inside one of the Embakasi Girls High School halls where the ballot boxes were found.
Outgoing Embakasi South MP Irshadali Sumra stated that the officials had gained access to the room under the pretence of getting something from the hall when they tampered with the ballot boxes.
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