[Voters at the Kajiado Township primary school during a past election process. Photo/the-star]
The ODM National Elections Board (NEB) has criticised the Kajiado County Director of Education, as it kicks off primaries in the county.
This is after the education officer, allegedly banned the use of schools for the nomination exercise.
NEB chairperson Judith Pareno said they received the complaints from the county, and wondered how a school can be barred from being a polling station.
''As Board, we want to make it clear that Schools are gazetted polling stations and that all legal electoral processes have to be held in those institutions as long as there is no learning going on at the time,'' she said, Monday.
In an update, Pareno indicated the primaries would continue as planned.
"We shall proceed with our nominations at designated areas in the county as planned and we urge our members to turn out in large numbers for the exercise,'' added the NEB chairperson.
ODM is also conducting primaries in Taita Taveta, Trans Nzoia, Nyamira, and Nakuru Counties, today (Tuesday).
Pareno further assured all aspirants that the nominations would be free, fair and transparent ''and nobody is being favoured for any position by anybody in the party.''