Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has allowed the embattled Kericho Governor Erick Mutai, to have additional experts to help in the verification of the voting system at the Kericho County Assembly.
Ruling on the eligibility of the voting process, Kingi invoked the Constitution, which allows the House to summon any person. "I direct the office of the Cerk to immediately contact the ICT Authority of Kenya and request the authority to provide the Senate with two ICT experts to come and assist the Senate in this matter," he said.
The Speaker directed the Clerk of the Senate to accommodate the experts to sit with the Kericho County Head of ICT, and the governor's legal team to prepare a report for the Senate. "The report, which must be brief and concise, should be submitted to the office of the Clerk of the Senate not later than 6pm today," he ordered.
Kingi sought to determine whether allegations of a faulty electronic voting system could be substantiated, ruling that the Senate required neutral advice on the matter away from the witnesses of the party.
