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Lawyer Paul Mwangi (right) for NASA argues at the Milimani law courts, Nairobi, Friday. The court ruled that the General Election cannot be exclusively conducted electronically. [George Njunge, Standard]
The country cannot run its election on a purely electronic system, the High Court ruled Friday.
In a 62-page finding, which marked yet another win for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and a major blow to the National Super Alliance (NASA), a three-judge bench found that an all-electronic system would be a peril to the country in the event it fails or is hacked.
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