Court halts IEBC ballot printing tender amid battle over bidders News 20 min ago

Ballot-printing history It argues that the requirements are incompatible with a separate mandatory 40 per cent local-content requirement, because the international firms capable of meeting the 150-million-ballot threshold may not be able to meet the local-content requirement, while Kenyan firms capable of meeting the local-content threshold may not have the required ballot-printing history.

Oilmax was aggrieved by that decision and has now raised a further issue before the High Court concerning a separate 40 per cent local-content requirement in the tender document.

He says no Kenyan manufacturer capable of supplying the local content independently has such a contract and those capable of providing the required local participation may lack a track record of printing 150 million ballot papers under a single contract.