The Independent Electoral and
Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Sunday said the General Election will be
peaceful, free and fair and urged registered voters to participate in the
process on Monday.
IEBC chair Issack Hassan said the
commission will try to release the provisional presidential results within 48
hours after poll centres close.
Mr Hassan has also asked voters not to
sell their identification cards (IDs) as well as to avoid wearing clothes with
colours affiliated to different political parties.
He also said that security has been
beefed up in polling stations to deter any violence and asked Kenyans to
contact IEBC on their hotlines 0711035616 or 0735035606 to report any incident.
Mr Hassan said polling stations will
open at 6am all the way to 5pm as required by the law. He appealed to employers
withholding IDs of their staff to release them so that they can vote.
He urged politicians to respect the
elections results and any complaints be channelled in courts.
The Kenya Police spokesman Charles Owino
noted that over 7,000 senior officers have been deployed all over the country
to supervise the elections.
Mr Owino also said that security will
not be compromised and that any person found wearing 'fake' police uniform will
be arrested.
"Kenyans should not panic. We are
in charge of security in this country and our duty is to protect you," he
said.
"Anybody who attacks peaceful
members of the public with a firearm is not a policeman," he added.
He also said they are
investigating incidents of leaflets being circulated in Mombasa which are
targeting certain people.Nation
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