"Presidential agents are allowed to have a laptop for purpose of downloading results forms from web portal for them to verify against what's provided by RO. Every agent will have one laptop per desk," said commissioner Abdi Guliye.
With regards to reports that one of the politicians, who is also among the agents, was the owner of the said laptop, Guliye said there was nothing wrong with the politician having a laptop on the floor.
"There are coordinators on the floor where such issues can be raised and later escalated if need be. We have deployed security on the floor and if need be we will increase," he said.
According to him, they had resolved that no person or agent will be allowed to enter the auditorium with printed material.
The Commission's CEO Hussein Marjan dismissed online reports indicating that the systems had been hacked.
"There is misinformation that IEBC systems have been compromised. We know people are not sleeping to put them down but we've put mechanisms to keep them at bay. If there's any doubt Kenyans should talk to us," Marjan said.