IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba has demanded for an additional Sh3.7 Billion to facilitate a credible repeat of the presidential election.
Cabinet had earlier on approved Sh10 Billion budget to facilitate preparation for the repeat presidential election slated for October 26.
The amount is less by about Sh2 Billion given that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had requested for Sh12.2 Billion to preside over the polls following the nullification of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s win by the Supreme Court.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich had projected that the election would cost more than Sh15 billion when "related activities, largely security measures, are factored in".
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Cabinet decided to reorganize planned expenditures for 2017/18 fiscal year, in line with Article 223 of the Constitution and Section 44 of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), 2012 in order to meet the obligations IN the new priorities.
Sh42.9 Billion was allocated to the electoral body to conduct the August 8th General election, making it one of the most expensive polls in Africa.
October 26th has been gazetted by the Chebukati-led commission as the date for the fresh poll, but it appears likely that it will be changed.
While delivering the full judgment on the nullification ruling, Chief Justice Maraga made it clear that the Court would not hesitate to annul the next election as well if it did not meet the constitutional threshold of simplicity, accuracy, accountability and verifiability.
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The petitioner's case was highly based on the failure of the Results Transmission System with the commission unable to supply all the Forms 34A up to 10 days after the election.
The court ordered the electoral body to put in place a complementary system that would ensure results were transmitted to the Constituency Tallying Centre and the National Tallying Centre in the prescribed form.
