Smith and Ouzman, the British security firm contracted to print ballot papers for the March 4 polls will finish their job on Friday.
According to sources at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and the British firm, only parliamentary and county assembly ballots are not ready.
“All the ballot papers have been printed except those for MPs and county assembly representatives that are awaiting a NIS report. Hopefully that report will be ready today (yesterday),” a source at the IEBC said.
“The printer expects to complete the job on Friday and to begin the delivery immediately.”
Chief electoral officer James Oswago recently told reporters that Smith and Ouzman had completed the first batch which consists of presidential ballot papers.
“The commission is prepared for elections. We have procured the materials and we know the arrival date for the ballot papers as well as their flights,” Oswago said.
The ballot papers, estimated to weigh about 700 tonnes, will be airlifted by up to seven chartered cargo flights to Nairobi for distribution to IEBC county warehouses ahead of the polls.
Each of the six elective posts will have a ballot paper with distinct colour to minimise confusion among voters.
IEBC has published samples of the ballot papers showing that the presidential ballot papers will be white and will contain a passport photograph and names of the candidates.
The running mate on the other hand will only have his or her name adjacent to the presidential candidate.The ballot papers for governors will be blue, those for senators will be yellow and green for MPs.
Women representative ballots will be purple while county assembly representatives' will be beige.
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