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IEBC under pressure over Smartmatic deal

IEBC Chairperson Erastus Ethekon and commissioners address a press briefing on the delimitation of electoral boundaries at Anniversary Towers in Nairobi on January 27, 2026. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The United opposition is spoiling for a fight with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) over its continued engagement with Smartmatic, the company that supplied the Kenya Integrated Election Management System (Kiems) kits for the 2022 General Election. 

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