Voter register tender challenged

An activist has challenged a tender awarded for the audit of Kenya’s voter register five days after a judge struck out a similar case on grounds that it lacked clarity. The Nation reports that Okiya Omtatah has sued the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for irregularly awarding the tender to KPMG. His lawyer, Apollo Mboya, said the tender is flawed because the commission has not been properly constituted. He argues that the suit could not be filed earlier because there was a similar case filed pending ‘which was not determined by court and was merely dismissed based on a technicality’. ‘The elections are due to take place on 8 August. There are timelines made by IEBC as well as the Elections Act within which the audit must be carried out and the register opened for inspection. This matter is urgent because it touches on the right of millions of Kenyans to participate in free, fair polls,’ Mboya is quoted in the report as saying.

Full report in The Nation