COURT ORDERS IEBC TO USE TRANSPARENT BALLOT BOXES

Independent Electoral and Boundaries commission (IEBC) will have to contend with a new hurdle of procuring Transparent Ballot boxes as ordered by High court. This comes after City lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui moved to court challenging IEBC comply with the law as stipulated in the Elections Act. Justice Isaac Lenaola cited that the facts of the case were uncontested according to Election Act sect 2. He added that the IEBC Legal Manager Mohamed Jabane under oath had told the court that IEBC would duly comply with the law.  Lenaola also added that there was no controversy or dispute before him that transparent boxes would mean translucent boxes. The Judge, directed that IEBC moves with speed to rectify the anomaly of translucent boxes and use Transparent ballot boxes.  Should IEBC fail to comply with the court’s orders the petition will be heard on 12^th March this year.