The controversial election laws (amendment) Bill signaling the return of manual voter identification and election results transmission in cases where the electronic system fails was assented into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House on Monday, January 9.
Despite the massive pressure from the opposition, Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) together with a section of religious leaders not to assent to the Bill, the head of state finally pulled the move before departing for India.
The Bill which was tabled in the National Assembly by Majority Leader Aden Duale was upheld by the Senate in a special sitting that saw Senators from the opposition accuse Speaker Ekwee Ethuro of rigging the Senate vote in favour of the amendments.
MPs allied to the Jubilee Party passed the contested amendments to the election laws in a vote boycotted by their opposition counterparts on December 22 last year.