IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati.

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During the recent elections in Somalia that President Abdullahi Farmaajo emerged victorious, I learnt that one mandatory requirement is for polling stations to have loudspeakers installed and that persons announcing results must always announce through the loudspeaker.

 This comes weeks after IEBC admitted that hackers attempted to breach its systems to steal crucial information ahead of the August 8 General Election.

The problem that we have had in the last two elections and still grapple with has been inflated or deflated figures based on motives of individuals tasked with safeguarding electoral processes.

In many cases documented, election results were announced despite missing Forms 34A and B, crucial documents that determine the verifiable outcomes of any election, this might happen in 2017 elections.