There is debate whether candidates or political parties should tally their votes at polling stations and relay them to their command posts for tabulation. In each election, every political party is allowed to have agents in every polling centre. The agents verify that their candidate's votes are well tabulated and not given to their opponent. It is, therefore, foolhardy to have agents at polling centres but not allow a candidate to add up his or her votes at a central point. Tallying for personal candidate or party use has been there for a long time and should be allowed to continue.

Source: The Star April 21, 2017 21:00 UTC