国际英语资讯:Kenyas electoral contenders hold crucial talks ahead of repeat vote_时事

国际英语资讯:Kenyas electoral contenders hold crucial talks ahead of repeat vote

The "Irreducible Minimums" refer to demands by NASA that its chief says IEBC must meet for the election to take place.

Ruto said the ruling party Jubilee was happy with the election preparations and was in the process of giving the IEBC its list of party agents to participate in the process.

"We have no conditions. We have no irreducible minimum and we are ready for the elections," Ruto said.

He said they discussed critical matters and agreed the repeat election will take place as scheduled on Oct. 26. Ruto also said the commission assured it will pay special attention to manning the poll as directed by the Supreme Court.

"The commission also told us staff training is ongoing around the country. On the issue of agents we have told them we are in the process of completing the selection of 41,000 who will assist us in monitoring."

The opposition leaders said they had enough evidence to show complicity of the French firm, OT-Morpho, which supplied the electronic devices used to transmit the results.

Opposition lawmaker Senator James Orengo said the nullification of the presidential vote on account of errors in the transmission of the results had proved the French firm was complicit.

The removal of the French firm has been one of the key demands by NASA before agreeing to participate in the elections.

Orengo, who is the legal counsel for the main opposition alliance, said none of the issues raised by the alliance were addressed comprehensively during the Tuesday's meeting with the IEBC officials.