Botswana has nothing to learn from Kenya: - Kenya did not use EVMs on August 8
Friday, August 25, 2017
It is not the intention of the IEC to interfere with individual’s freedoms of expression, opinion and speech. IEC however would wish to respond to information or opinion devoid of facts and truth.
In the recently held elections (August 8, 2017) in Kenya, the manual ballot paper system was used. There were no Electronic Voting Machines(EVM) used as purported by the writer. Kenya uses the electronic Bio Voter Registration (BVR), electronic voter verification system for verifying voters and electronic transmission of results to results centres. It is therefore factually undisputable that no electronic voting machines were used in Kenya. The assertion by the writer on the use of electronic voting machines in Kenya elections is misleading in all accounts and factually incorrect.
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