The High Court has declared the decision by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to scrap use of the manual voters’ register in every polling station in the upcoming polls as unconstitutional.
Justice Mugure Thande has quashed the Electoral Commission and it’s Chairman Wafula Chebukati’s decision of June 10, 2022 not to use use manual voter registers on grounds that they acted outside the parameters of the law and the Constitution.
The court has found that impugned decision by IEBC to abandoned the printed register violates the clear violations of the Constitution.
“A declaration is hereby issued that the decision of IEBC and Chebukati signified under a letter dated June 10, 2022 stating that the Commission shall not use the manual register of voters in General Election of Tuesday next week is unconstitutional and the said decision is hereby quashed.” Justice Thande has ruled.