Botswana has nothing to learn from Kenya: - Kenya did not use EVMs on August 8

EVM PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
EVM PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) would wish to make corrective submission to the article in Mmegi dated August 16 2017 titled, “Lessons from Kenya to Botswana – forego the Electronic Machine” authored by one of your columnists.

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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