Court ruling on ballot papers to determine if country will hold August 8 polls

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati and commissioners Roselyn Akombe and Paul Kurgat address the press on election preparedness in Nairobi. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

A High Court decision today on the tender for printing ballot papers will determine  whether preparations for the elections due in 31 days will stay on course or be thrown off track.

Should the petition by the Opposition succeed, and the contract awarded to Dubai-based Al Ghurair be revoked, the electoral commission will have to identity a new supplier, a process it has warned could stretch beyond the August 8 poll date.