The Jubilee party has distanced itself from the claims that it sponsored the bill seeking to ban the live transmission of election results, which many have termed as a ploy to rig the upcoming residential election.
Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju on Friday, February 4, clarified the proposal to amend election laws was from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
“That Bill is brought by IEBC and not Jubilee. We cannot allow any law that can allow rigging of the election in this county,” Tuju said.
The Jubilee spokesperson said President Uhuru Kenyatta’s party will reject any legislation that will make it possible to rig the August 9, General Election.
“We will not support any bill that negates the Constitution and the gains that have been made,” he added.
On Wednesday, February 2, National Assembly majority leader Amos Kimunya proposed a bill that seeks at reintroducing the manual transmission of presidential election results.
The Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2022 further sought to scrap the live streaming of presidential election results either by broadcast or online platforms.
The Bill further recommends that a Presiding Officer shall electronically transmit the image of the results in the prescribed form to the national tallying centre.
“The presiding officer shall then deliver the results in person from the polling station to the constituency tallying centre,
“The Constituency Returning Officer shall then collate the results in the prescribed form and deliver them in person from the polling station together with the collated form to the national tallying centre,” state the bill.
The controversial bill has elicited mixed reactions from leaders seeking elective seats in the August 9, General Election.
This has seen political leaders allied to different political camps gang up against the proposed law.
The leaders allied to Azimio la Umoja, Tanga Tanga and the One Kenya Alliance have strongly condemned the proposed changes saying it is a ploy to rig the presidential elections.
