Mathira member of parliament and the Kenya Kwanza running mate Rigathi Gachagua finally came to appreciate the manual register after his 91 year old aunt could not be identified by the KIEMS kit.
The Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officials had tried to scan her details but all were unsuccessful. They even went to the extent of using face identification but nothing was materializing.
With no option, the 91 year old grandmother was referred back to the manual register where her details were identified successfully before she could finally vote.
The Kenya Kwanza runningmate was accompanied by his wife and the 91 year old aunt who has been a mother figure to him after his mum passed on.
This comes in the wake of an appeal by Kenya Kwanza where they vehemently opposed the use of the manual register. The high court had ruled that the IEB ought to use both the electric and manual register but the Kenya Kwanza team was very reluctant to use the manual register.
Well, it seems Raila saw ahead that KIEMS kit could fail hence the use of the manual register for identification purposes and its amazing that Rigathi Gachagua’s aunt was the first beneficiary of what the Azimio flagbearer proposed.
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