Group commends INEC for abolishing incident form

An INEC duly accredited independent election observer group, Integrity Friends For Truth and Peace Initiative (TIFPI), has commended the electoral umpire for abolishing the use of the controversial Incident Form for the 2019 general elections. The Executive Director of TIFPI, Livingstone Wechie, in a statement, said it had been a long tradition that caused some […]

An INEC duly accredited independent election observer group, Integrity Friends For Truth and Peace Initiative (TIFPI), has commended the electoral umpire for abolishing the use of the controversial Incident Form for the 2019 general elections.

The Executive Director of TIFPI, Livingstone Wechie, in a statement, said it had been a long tradition that caused some measure of irregularity as most people were either disenfranchised or the credibility of the elections questioned by some stakeholders.

Wechie welcomed measures being put in place by INEC to make up for any form of data and accreditation challenges by voters during the upcoming elections.

The group advised INEC to establish for public knowledge a mechanism to address issues of the large population of voters with Temporary Voters Card (TVC) as against Permanent Voters Card (PVC) which many had complained of logistical constraints by the commission as a reason for their not voting.

TIFPI also hailed INEC for the far-reaching effort towards ensuring a successful 2019 elections in their preparations despite the non-signing of the controversial Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law by the president.