Elections Office logistic team leader Major Isoa Loanakadavu confirmed CODE Corporation in Canada would supply the System under the Biometric Voter Registration agreement between the corporation and the government of Fiji.
There are 380 kits bought for a total price of $3.9 million.
Elections Office logistic team leader Major Isoa Loanakadavu confirmed CODE Corporation in Canada would supply the Biometric Voter Registration System (BVRS) under the Biometric Voter Registration agreement between the corporation and the government of Fiji.
“The electronic voting kit will be arriving from Canada three weeks prior to the launch on July 3,” Major Loanakadavu said.
He said the regulated and transparent liberal market facilitating competition and uptake of new technology at a faster rate would enable such a policy.
"Our reduction of import duty on smart phones was calculated to facilitate a quicker uptake on technology and at the same time make it available to all, not just a few," he said.
Ministry of Finance permanent secretary Filimone Waqabaca said after completing phase one of the e-government project that resulted in the opening of the Information Technology Data Centre in April, work on phase two has been set in motion.
This centre will be used by all government agencies and Bainimarama said it will form a key component to “ensure that government data and information was secure and reliable”.
Bainimarama also said that e-government initiatives such as investment, registration and process, applications of government scholarships and online searches for government records will be built on the data centre’s hosting infrastructure platform.