Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka now wants the electoral body to lease electronic gadgets to be used in next year’s general elections.
Kalonzo said leasing the devices could cut the expenditure on elections to Sh10 billion.
“Technology is advancing and electrical equipment are getting obsolete very fast. What is the best and latest in technology today could not be useful in next three years,” read part of his statement to the media.
The statement further read “The process of procurement of the BVR kits could be unnecessarily lengthy and open to manipulation. Rigging begins in the procurement of electoral materials and registration of voters,”.
The former vice president said buying new electoral gadgets every general elections is expensive than leasing them when need be.
Kalonzo, who was on a tour of three counties; Makueni, Machakos and Taita Taveta to popularize his presidential bid in next year’s elections said the BVR kits were used to rig elections in the 2013 national polls.