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Fresh attempt to ensure zero rigging in Kenya's 2017 polls

IEBC officials prepare ballot boxes at their Homa Bay ahead of a past election. PHOTO: FILE

An integrated technological system is being developed in an attempt to stop any incidents of manipulation of election data during next year's polls.

The system, proposed by the Elections Regulations Advisory Committee that should be implemented before the August 8, 2017 election, seeks to integrate and syncronise the Biometric Voter Registration kits, Electoral Voter Identification Devices and the vote transmission system using a hi-tech system that will make it difficult for any party to manipulate data and rig the elections.

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