case of Collins Kipchumba Tallam v. the AG3, is clear testimony that
IEBC was not keen to electronically transmit election results.
[26] Basing their submissions on those averments, counsel for the
petitioners argued that the delay and/or failure to electronically transmit
the results in the prescribed forms meant that IEBC’s conduct of elections
was not simple, accurate, verifiable, secure, accountable, and transparent
contrary to Article 81(e)(iv) and (v) of the Constitution. Moreover, counsel
further argued, the data on Forms 34A, the primary election results
documents, was inconsistent with the one on Forms 34B as well as the
numbers IEBC kept beaming on TV screens hence unverifiable. As a matter
of fact, counsel argued, 10,056 polling stations had results submitted
without Forms 34A.
[27] The petitioners further urged that contrary to the Court of Appeal
decision in Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission v.
Maina Kiai & 5 Others 4 [Maina Kiai case] the IEBC failed to
electronically collate, tally and transmit the results accurately, and declared
results per county thus failing to recognize the finality of the results at the
polling stations.
[28] Relying on the averments in the affidavits of Ole Kina Koitamet,
Godfrey Osotsi and Olga Karani, counsel for the petitioners also contended
that at the time of declaration of the results, IEBC did not have results from
10,000 polling stations representing approximately 5 million voters and
187 Forms 34B hence the declaration was invalid and illegal.
3
Collins Kipchumba Tallam v. the Attorney-General, Petition No. 415 of 2016.
Electoral and Boundaries Commission v. Maina Kiai & 5 Others, Civil Appeal No. 105 of
2017.
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