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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) advertised for 362,278 vacancies ahead of the August 8 polls.

The Commission invited qualified applicants to apply for the temporary positions which have been categorised into six, by June 15, 2017.

The vacancies include:

Presiding and Deputy Presiding Officers - 91,032 posts; Polling Clerks/Counting Clerks - 262, 665 posts; Logistics Officers - 337 posts; Deputy Returning Officers - 290 posts; Support Electoral Trainers (SET) - 5,054 posts; and Voter Educators (2 per CAW) - 2,900 posts.

"Closing 15th June. Only one application per person," warned the agency, in a notice to the public.

However, many of the interested applicants said they have trying to click the given link (www.iebc.or.ke/tempjobs/), in vain. They lamented that the link was not working, and asked the Commission to help the out, on how best to apply.Below is a reaction from some of the interested applicants, on Facebook, with some saying it could be a hoax.

Bernard Sangura This link https://www.iebc.or.ke/tempjobs /provided is not working. I have tried since yesterday but it does not open.Can someone help please.

Washingtone Odhis Muyela this stall isn't working, I can't complete the last steps of application,, ie , date of bath, constituency, and word, the bars aren't active, pls help

Isaac Wilfred Fadamullah How do we apply yet the link you provided is not found or have you already done the recruitment because in Kenya we are used to this scenario where job advertisements are done only for formalities.

Obongo Elvin Not FoundThe requested URL /tempjobs was not found on this server.Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) Server at www.iebc.or.ke Port 443

Koech Kennedy Hello IEBC, are you sure of fair recruitment? last time there were a lot of manipulations and nepotism whereby government officials such as chiefs favoured their children

Elphas Kelvin Omoa this website isn't working since on Fri and yet the deadline is down the line! Do we have a problem with it or we have dubious methods that are being undertaken by ur officials?

Esther Achieng Odhiambo IEBC don't play games with us that Web can't download

Sheila Lyona Website not working..... Just as expected... Nkt

Dominic Mumo Matheka I have visited the website yet at the Vaccancies tab it indicates that there no active job vaccancies,Can you check the website.

Charles Oyoya Odero I have tried to open that side but not successful.Be sincere,we are not fools.

When I personally tried to apply by clicking the link, it as well failed to work. The screenshots below were the outcome.

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The Wafula Chebukati-led Commission is yet to respond over the matter, but however, there could be a possibility of jam on the website, due to the heavy number of persons trying to access.