The voting excercise was greatly affected by the failure of the Kenya Integrated Elections Management Systems (KIEMS) kits failed to pick voters' fingerprints.[122] IEBC allowed the use of manual register in parts of Kakamega and Makueni counties after a blight of hitches from the KIEMS kits.[123] Some polling stations opened later than the stipulated time of 6 am, leading to delayed voting.[124]