KENYA: IT firm says tech won’t be ready for re-run

A French IT company that supplied the electronic system used in Kenya’s nullified election last month has told the election commission its technology will not be ready to use again by the Oct. 17 date set for a re-run of the vote. In a letter from Paris-based OT-Morpho to the election commission, the company said […]

A French IT company that supplied the electronic system used in Kenya’s nullified election last month has told the election commission its technology will not be ready to use again by the Oct. 17 date set for a re-run of the vote.

In a letter from Paris-based OT-Morpho to the election commission, the company said the two electronic systems it supplied for the vote would have to be reinstalled for the re-run.

“This represents a very significant amount of work, which cannot be secured by October 17,” said the letter dated Sept. 18 and seen by Reuters.