The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has assured Kenyans that its electronic results framework system is secure from any hackers and refuted allegations that it has been compromised.
Addressing the press on Friday , IEBC CEO Marjan Hussein allayed fears that the integral systems of the commission had been infiltrated by outside forces.
“There are misinformation that the commission system and the results portal has been compromised and we want to assure the country that nothing like that has happened,” he stated.
Hussein revealed that the poll agency was well aware that external forces might attempt to inflitrate into the system so as tamper with the presidential results.
“We were well aware that they were people who will trying to hack our system. We have put in place measures to ensure that our system are basically secured,” he stated.
The IEBC CEO warned politicians from spreading fake news that the system had been hacked.
“We are monitoring our system at all levels and nothing like that has happened. Of course we know people are not sleeping they want to ensure that our system are down,” he stated
Results verification process at the national tallying center in Bomas was on Friday brought to a standstill following a heated disagreement between Azimio and United Democratic Alliance (UDA) agents over a strange computer device.
It took the intervention of the electoral commissioners who summoned the presidential agents from the four political camps for an urgent meeting.
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