Prof. George Wajackoyah has finally cast his vote after a 3-hour delay over the KIEMS Kit failure.
The Roots Party presidential candidate turned up at Indangalasia Primary School on Tuesday, August 9, at around a quarter past 10 am.
However, he was unable to vote due to the KIEMS kit failure that delayed the kick-off of the exercise.
Moreover, no one in the polling station had cast their votes as of noon.
Nonetheless, the Roots Party leader and voters at the station began the voting exercise at around 1 pm after the electoral body approved the use of a manual register.
In addition, Wajackoyah complained about being forced to wait indefinitely to cast his vote. He noted that he was disappointed and criticized IEBC for its failure.
“I am a disappointed man because all my competitors have voted; I am told Raila voted, Mwaure has already voted. I just spoke with him to congratulate him, and Ruto has voted. So why only me? Why Kakamega County? Why didn’t they test the kits?… I don’t know what to say,” he said.
Furthermore, Prof. Wajackoyah termed Kakamega as one of his main voter strongholds, adding that the delay was robbing him of significant support for his bid.
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“I am not an engineer and if they tell me the kits are not working, then I listen to them. I have lost millions of votes, Kakamega is one of my strongholds,” he stated.
“We are waiting to see what happens, like they have said. They said they would give us another 11 hours and asked us to be patient,” Prof. Wajackoyah told voters outside the polling station earlier in the morning.
Furthermore, the presidential bid has attracted four candidates: Wajackoya of Roots Party, David Mwaure of the Agano Party, Deputy President William Ruto of Kenya Kwanza, and Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition’s Raila Odinga.
