The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has intimated that 1,111 polling stations have no 3G network connection for electronic transmission of presidential results in the August general election.
In a statement on Thursday, June 9, IEBC CEO Marjan Hussein Marjan said the commission was working with the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) and had already submitted the GPS locations of the polling centres.
Marjan maintained that the IEBC will procure satellite modems to facilitate the transmission of results from the polling stations.
"We are working with the communication authority of Kenya and submitted to them GPS locations of all polling centres. Only 1,111 polling stations don't have 3G or 4G network. IEBC has gone ahead & procured alternative technologies such as satellite modems to use in these centres," Marjan stated.
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The update came even as the electoral agency on Thursday held a simulation of the Result Transmission System (RTS) as required by law at the Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi.
On the result transmission, IEBC further maintained that it will not transmit any text results but the image of the result form signed by the returning officers and all agents from the constituency tallying centres.
“IEBC will transmit images of result forms for Presidential results immediately after counting, tallying & announcement of the results at Constituency Tallying Centre and National Tallying Centre. This technology is what we are here to show & simulate to you how it works,” the commission stated.
