Oily fingers disrupt biometric data in Ugenya by-elections

Ugenya by-elections have experienced a number of setbacks including violence that involved deadly weapons leading to men being arrested ahead of polls in Ugenya, Siaya County.

The voters Ugenya constituency go to the polls Friday following nullification by court of the election of their MP.

This was followed by KIEMS failure that has been related to the voters having greasy hands. The slow-moving queues are as a result of residents taking a long time to vote.

Image result for Images of a Kenyan voter being registered using the KIEMS kit.

The officials stated that the greasy fingers presented a challenge for the identification process using biometric data.

Ideally, the KIEMS system electronically identifies registered voters through its automated poll book known as the Electronic Voter Identification (EVID) system.

The system identifies voters bio-metrically and seeks to curb impersonation during the voting exercise making sure only those that had been registered are allowed to cast their votes.

Other reasons why KIEMS kits may fail to identify someone is if the voter’s fingerprints have been significantly rubbed off or missing mainly due to injury or nature of work.

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