IEBC has released timelines for October 17 vote, urges Treasury to release funds for elections.
“A draft budget has been presented to the Treasury for consideration. We expect expeditious allocation of funds,” chairman Wafula Chebukati said in a statement on Friday
Chebukati said the funds will allow the electoral agency to implement key tasks ahead especially those related to ICT and training.
He said they have prepared timelines with key milestones leading to the election.
The milestone include; a revised elections results framework, certification of the register of voters, upgraded technology for election, recruitment, training and deployment, voter education and election day operations.
Chebukati further asked candidates to deploy experienced and committed agents to all parts of the country before October 3.
“Candidates must ensure their agents are well versed with technology and are urged to finalise the list for the polling stations, constituency, tallying centre and the national tallying centre,” he said.
