NASA leadership. [Photo|Nasa coalition]1. Establish a transparent and accountable framework for integration of technology in order to secure compliance with the principles set out in the Constitution and the electoral law.2. French Government to initiate investigation into Saffran company, for alleged involvement in subverting the will of the people of Kenya.The company failed to comply with the prescribed format of result management data, but rather provided for transmission of text messages that could be manipulated and were not backed by the primary statutory election result declaration forms 34A or 34B, according to Nasa.3. Review of the electoral infrastructure (register of voters and polling stations).4. Enhanced transparency in the planning and operations of the fresh election.5. Establish a technical monitoring committee with representatives of the main political parties, coalitions or candidates to provide oversight to the preparation, management and conduct of the electoral process. 6. Appoint and gazette returning officers who are not among the ranks of the Constituency Election Coordinators in consultation with relevant stakeholders including political parties. 7. Subject to the procurement law, agree on a framework for printing of ballot papers and result declaration forms including monitoring of the same. 8. All Forms 34Bs should be preprinted indicating the names of polling stations in the constituency and names of candidates. 9. Returning Officers to manually fill the Forms in the presence of agents after conducting an open tally and there should be no use of Excel documents in tabulating elections results. 10. Al-Ghurair Printing company should not be considered for the printing of ballot papers or result declaration forms for the fresh election or any other election. 11. Elections results be transparently declared, tallied and announced at the Constituency level. 12. At the National Tallying Center the IEBC should only announce results after tabulation at the Constituency level. 13. Candidates’ agents should be part of receiving teams at the constituency and national tallying centers to verify all Forms 34As delivered and confirm that accurate entries are made on the Forms 34Bs and sign off before announcement is made at the constituency level.14. Establish defined roles of the security agencies and eliminate undue influence by the provincial administration and other public officials: 15. Secure critical changes in the Secretariat and fire officials who are partisan or perceived as such, and or be suspended during the planning and execution of the fresh election. 16. The international community and the media should not be complacent or be misled during the planning and execution of the fresh election."We make these demands because the law requires that there should be transparent acquisition and disposal of information and communication technology assets and systems including the testing and certification of systems and mechanisms for systems audit, said Nasa, Tuesday, led by Raila Odinga.According to the alliance, stakeholders are entitled to access to electoral system software source codes. "These are the statutory guarantee towards ensuring the conduct of free and fair elections. We demand no more and no less."

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