Kenya Says New Challenge to Ballot Tender Would Delay Vote
- Authorities awarded ballot-printing contract to U.A.E company
- Opposition head says delayed election better than flawed one
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Kenya’s elections body said it may find it difficult to conduct the national vote on Aug. 8 as scheduled if its decision to award a ballot-printing contract to a Dubai-based company faces another challenge.
If the choice of Al Ghurair Printing & Publishing Ltd. is challenged now, “we will not be ready for elections,” Ezra Chiloba, chief executive officer of the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission, said Friday in an interview.