Jubilee Party secretary general Raphael Tuju has said eight choppers are on standby to transport ballot materials where shortages are experienced in the ongoing primaries.
"We have 8 choppers on standby. Admittedly, we have a few glitches but in several counties, voting has kicked off well," Tuju said.
Addressing media on Friday in Nairobi, he said if materials run out, then they will kick off the backup mechanism, including delivery of material by air.
"Some stations received more materials than others but this is because they have more voters," he said.
Tuju said that no aspirant has the power to call off the primaries.
This was after a section of Uasin Gishu aspirants led by Governor Jackson Mandago said voting will not take place in the region following the delays.
"We registered more than 100,000 new voters so we must have enough ballot papers," Mandago said.
But Tuju dismissed the governor saying the directive was not from the party.
"Voting has to continue. Any postponement will only be announced by the Jubilee Party headquarters."
"Those aspirants cancelling the nominations have no authority to do so. Voting has to go on," Tuju said.
Using 2013 registers
There had been claims from aspirants that the Jubilee Party was using the 2013 IEBC registers.
Details also emerged that new voters’ names were missing from the registers.
