The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has transported all the election materials to the constituencies ready for tomorrow’s elections.
This even as the commission warned candidates that the campaign period ended on Saturday and that any candidate found flouting the rules will be investigated and file presented to the Director of Public Prosecution for action.
Commissioner Boya Molu said the campaigns officially ended on Saturday but the Commission has no control of what goes on social media in terms of campaigns.
Molu clarified that President Uhuru Kenyatta is not a candidate in tomorrow’s elections and he is, therefore, not bound by the official end of campaigns.
“He is not bound by that requirement. He is free to make comments or speeches,” said Molu.
He went on: “We cannot command Twitter or Facebook to close down or go to every WhatsApp group to monitor what is going on. But we will continue to monitor if we get anyone violation, we shall recommend to the Director of Public Prosecutions to take action.”
The electoral agency said that by yesterday, all the materials had been transported to the 290 constituencies now awaiting the Presiding Officers to take them to the polling stations.
The movement to the materials to the 46,229 polling stations will begin on today, he said.
According to Molu, the commission’s returning officers on Sunday spent the day ensuring all the ballot boxes and all requisite materials for every polling station were in place, adding that the poll officials will this morning start moving the materials polling stations.
Tallying centres
The Commissioner explained that the agency had prepared everything that need to be done, even as they did a simulation exercise on the process of voting for the six elective seats.
“All systems are set and we are ready to take off on Tuesday 6am. We have ensured that all materials needed are in the 290 constituencies,” he said.
He went on: “All ballot papers have been received and dispatched to constituency tallying centres so we are not expecting anything from anywhere. Everything is on the ground. We are ready for Tuesday.”
He pointed out that elections will not be held in four wards following the death of some candidates.
“The ones we have postponed are not as a result of conflicts or court cases but because of few candidates who passed on. They have been postponed so that official nominations can be done after elections so that we conduct by-elections,” he said.
