The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman, Wafula Wanyonyi Chebukati, says the Commission will make it difficult for losers to challenge the outcomes of the August 9 polls.
Speaking on Wednesday, August 3, during a prayer meeting at the Bomas of Kenya, Chebukati stated that the Commission had put in place measures to ensure the General Election is free, fair, credible and verifiable.
He added that out of the over 16,000 candidates eyeing various seats, only 1,882 will be declared winners and some will attempt to petition the results.
"We have a team of about 14,000 who may accept results or may be unhappy. On our part, we want to make it very difficult for them to go to court through the transparency measures we have put around the process.
"The election is at the polling station and we have allowed them to take photos of the results," Chebukati explained.
The IEBC chair added that the final results will be announced at the polling stations and the Commission had granted agents access to the forms.
"You can also have your own parallel votes tallying to total your results. So the issue of saying that my results were stolen should not be there," he reiterated.
Chebukati stated that the Church and other religious leaders had a great role to play in ensuring that peace prevails in the country even after the polls.
"The role of the Church is to encourage them to use the available dispute resolution mechanisms as opposed to inciting the citizenry to violence and other forms of protest."
The Commission's boss explained why IEBC pulled out from some of the multi-sectoral Commissions, revealing that there were attempts by some agencies to arm-twist it.
"The mandate of the elections runs with us and when we feel at some point in time that others are encroaching into our mandate, then we must protect it and that is why you noticed we moved out of some multi-sectoral meeting because we want to be in the driver's seat," Chebukati reiterated.
He further gave updates on the polls stating that the last batch of ballot papers would arrive in the country on August 3. Chebulati added that the Commission was also training 300,000 officials who will oversee the electoral process.
