90,000
police officers will be required to secure 45,000 polling stations
countrywide while 10,000 will be deployed to 338 centres. PHOTO / FILE
A staggering 100,000 security officers will be called out of their stations to keep vigil at polling stations and tallying centres during the next general elections.
A staggering 100,000 security officers will be called out of their stations to keep vigil at polling stations and tallying centres during the next general elections.
The
figure came out as the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
(IEBC) released the roadmap to the next elections targeting 18 million
voters and slapping political parties with tight schedules.
According to the IEBC list of requirements for a peaceful and free elections, 90,000 police officers will be required to secure 45,000 polling stations countrywide while 10,000 will be deployed to 338 centres. (READ: IEBC's Sh 35b price tag for next elections)
Details of the roadmap to the March 4, 2013 General Election are contained in a report tabled by Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Parliament on Wednesday.
Mr Odinga disclosed that the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) hard warned of possible violence come the next elections if measures were not taken early to contain passions.
A day later - on Thursday - President Kibaki held a meeting with the NSIS chief at his Harambee House office to discuss election-related security.
According to the IEBC list of requirements for a peaceful and free elections, 90,000 police officers will be required to secure 45,000 polling stations countrywide while 10,000 will be deployed to 338 centres. (READ: IEBC's Sh 35b price tag for next elections)
Details of the roadmap to the March 4, 2013 General Election are contained in a report tabled by Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Parliament on Wednesday.
Mr Odinga disclosed that the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) hard warned of possible violence come the next elections if measures were not taken early to contain passions.
A day later - on Thursday - President Kibaki held a meeting with the NSIS chief at his Harambee House office to discuss election-related security.
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