The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is now at liberty to conduct the proposed national voter registry audit through international firm, KPMG.
The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) yesterday suffered a technical knock-out after the High Court struck out its petition challenging the procurement process and dismissed it as incompetent.
The target of the petition was a different tender floated by the IEBC and was incompatible with the orders issued by High Court Judge George Odunga suspending the appointment of KPMG, Justice Enock Chacha-Muita said in his ruling.
The Judge recalled that the international audit management firm had categorically denied having participated in the other undisclosed tender. Further, the court could not issue orders that were at variance with prayers sought by the petitioner, he said.
The controversial procurement dispute involving the proposed national voter registry audit will now be heard on March 3. The controversial award of the tender by the electoral agency to international audit firm, KPMG, was suspended last December after the Opposition political party cried foul that the exercise was not transparent and excluded stakeholders. The sanctions remain in place pending the outcome of the petition.
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