| Press Statement on the Referendum |
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Again while a few voters experienced hitches and difficulties in identifying their respective voting rooms within the polling stations following the decision by IIEC to arrange the voting rooms in accordance with the surnames of voters, the voting process was relatively quick and indeed some polling stations were empty as at the time of closure at 6.00 pm. Closing of Polling station, Vote counting and tallying Again, the LSK commends the IIEC taking into account that 98% of the polling stations closed on schedule at 5.00 pm and 80% of the polling stations transmitted the results through the new secure mobile (with tag IP address) System. But also we must commend the referendum committees since there were no incidences of violence reported from any of the polling stations during the opening, voting and close of the polling stations throughout the country. CONCLUSION Despite of the challenges indicated above the referendum process was generally free and fair. The tallying process is an improvement from what were used to and we believe that IIEC has passed the test with flying colours. We also commend those who were in opposition to the referendum question for conceding defeat and now urge all parties to move to the next stage of implementation of the proposed constitution and also addressing other pillars of the Agenda IV items such as corruption and post-election violence. The LSK offers its good offices to bridge the gap between those who were in support and those who were against the referendum question and to reassure the nation that the body of lawyers is up and ready to assist the Government in drafting and reviewing the necessary legislation to operationalise the relevant section of the constitution. For: The Council of the Law Society of Kenya |
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