Wafula Chebukati: Venezuelans in country legally, stickers can be accounted for

IEBC chairperson Wafula Chebukati says the agency is committed to free and fair polls on August 9, 2022. [File, Standard]

IEBC chairperson Wafula Chebukati has clarified that the stickers that three Venezuelan contractors were found in possession of last week, were for the Kenya Integrated Election Management System (KIEMS) kits’ identification.

In a two-page press statement dated Monday, July 25, Chebukati said the three Venezuelan nationals arrested at the JKIA on July 21 were in the country legally, and that they are employees of Smartmatic, a company contracted by IEBC to aid in technology roll-out.