The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is set to receive Sh12 Billion to conduct the October 26 repeat presidential poll.
On Wednesday, Parliament approved a Sh2 Billion additional budgetary allocation that the Commission had requested.
According to a statement by the ad hoc Parliamentary Budget Committee, the funds have been allocated to cater for ICT infrastructure to be used during the repeat poll.
"The committee recommends an increase of Sh2 billion recurrent expenditure for management of electoral process programme.
"This increment is for the Kenya Integrated Elections Management Systems (KIEMS)," the committee report read in part.
[caption caption="IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati with CEO Ezra Chiloba"]
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IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba, on Thursday last week appeared before the committee chaired by Kipkelion East MP Joseph Limo to request a sum of Sh3.8 Billion.
Mr Chiloba informed the Committee that the Commission needed to service a Sh2.4 Billion contract with IDEMIA, formerly OT-Morpho.
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Parliament's approval comes in the midst of uncertainty on the scheduled repeat poll following an announcement by NASA leader Raila Odinga that he had withdrawn from the presidential race.
High Court Judge John Mativo further complicated the political issue by declaring that Thirdway Alliance presidential candidate Ekuru Aukot should contest in the repeat poll.
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An initial gazette notice by the IEBC had indicated that Mr Odinga would only face off with President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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