There is currently pending before the National Assembly a Bill that seeks to amend the Elections Act. When the media carried a report that the proposed amendments to the electoral law contemplated reversing the current application of technology to a manual one, there was hue and cry.
All political players castigated the proposal. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), on its part, sought to clarify that all they were attempting to do was to develop a complementary mechanism in compliance with decisions of the courts following the 2017 elections.
