IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati. Photo/the-star.co.ke
Police have sought assurance from IEBC that the electronic voting kits will not fail on the Election Day.
Top security officers invited IEBC officials to their meeting for a briefing on how the commission will use technology to ensure integrity in the process slated for August 8.
They said failure of the kits would constitute a security threat.
"We wanted to hear from them on the reliability of the kits and a commissioner demonstrated how it will work. If there will be any confusion and chaos, IEBC will be to blame," said an official aware of the talks.
Commissioner Paul Kurgat told the meeting they were confident batteries work up to eight hours.
"There will be three stand-by kits for each of the country's 1,450 wards to supplement any that may fail. We have confidence the process will be successful," said Kurgat.
The meeting was attended by Inspector General of police Joseph Boinnet, his deputies Joel Kitili and Samuel Arachi, DCI Ndegwa Muhoro, heads of Prisons, Kenya Wildlife Service, Kenya Forest Service, the National Youth Service and National Intelligence Service.