Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has been forced to recall the 2017 general elections data that it had uploaded on its website.
This is after the data displayed typographic errors, which the commission says were occasioned by massive data.
The Wafula Chebukati led commission has apologized to Kenyans, saying that the corrected document will be re-uploaded and shared in due course.
“The Commission has recalled the 2017 General Election data that was uploaded on the IEBC website after afew typographic errors occasioned by massive data were noted.The corrected document will be re-uploaded and shared in due course. Inconvenience caused highly regrettable,” posted IEBC.
On Saturday May 16, the commission announced that it had uploaded the 2017 elections data. Kenyans being anxious to know what really happened with the 2017 disputed election, they rushed to click on the shared link, only for them to be disappointed by the typographic errors they encountered.
“The Commission has uploaded the 2017 General Election Data on the IEBC website. Follow the link to access the information.Download: https://bit.ly/2017DataReport,” tweeted IEBC.
