The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has rolled out a voter registration drive targeting between six and seven million new voters ahead of 2022 general elections.
In the first phase covering 30 days, the electoral body targets to register at least 4 million of the new voters, with another exercise set for January next year if the target is not met.
IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati says the commissions aims at increasing the number of registered voters from the current 19.6 million to 26.9 million, that is if it meets its 7.2 million new voter target.
Despite the commission lamenting over the shortage of the biometric voter registration kits required for the exercise, it has deployed at least 3 kits to each of the 1,450 wards to facilitate the exercise.
