<html><body><div style="color:; background-color:; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><div>@Bob, @Waita</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">A big-up for Safaricom for putting pressure on IEBC to ensure their technical/ICT systems are in order. If we want to reform our electoral institution, I think this is the way to go - as opposed to disbanding them :-) <br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I hope you get IEBC to use the Results Transmission System so that we can know the winner by the time we take dinner this friday
evening.<br></div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">walu.<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">~~~~~<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">The electoral commission has formed a technical team to
negotiate with Safaricom, after the latter pulled out of a contract for
live transmission of results for the Makueni by-election.</div><div><br></div></div>
<div><div class="MsoNormal">Leading mobile provider
Safaricom announced it had pulled out of the deal with the Independent
Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) over confidence issues with
the level of preparedness of the commission for the Makueni senatorial
by-election.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class="MsoNormal">http://www.nation.co.ke/News/IEBC-acts-to-avert-Safaricom-exit-from-poll-contract/-/1056/1922928/-/ghxg9c/-/index.html<br></div></div></div></body></html>