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IEBC More Likely To Use KIEMS Kits In 2022 Elections
Jul 16, 2020
Kenya is likely to use the Kenya Integrated Election Management System (KIEMS) during the 2022 elections despite the disappointing failures of the technology during the 2017 General election, says Prof. Abdi Guliye, an IEBC commissioner. 
According to Guliye, the commission prefers to retain the use of KIEMS since sourcing new technology would be more expensive.
“We want to reuse the technology that was used in 2017 to reduce the cost of electoral technologies in 2022. We are keen as a commission on reusing what we have and that means servicing the technology, and paying for licenses to ensure they are updated,” Guliye said yesterday during a webinar on election forums ahead of the 2022 General Elections.
Guliye added that IEBC may negotiate a new arrangement with IDEMIA, the French firm that supplied Kenya with the KIEMS technology, ahead of the 2022 elections. However, if the talks are unsuccessful, then the commission will consider sourcing for election technology from another company.
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