An analysis conducted by IEBC shows that 128,926 citizens in the country have shared Identification Cards. According to the records, 107,777 people share the same IDs but under different names. Further details revealed that 53,671 of IDs were shared more than once, the other 21,149 is a case of people who tried to register more than once in different polling stations.
The commission also released preliminary data on the ongoing second phase of mass voter registration based on the last seven days. The number of applicants stands at 825,145 voters which is 58% of IEBC’s target of 1.4 million every week. However, insecurity and drought are some of the noted hindrances to a smooth progress of the process as it has resulted to low turnouts in some constituencies like Mandera, Pokot, Garissa and Turkana. Some of the communities that reside in these areas are pastoralists and therefore keep moving from one place to another especially during the ongoing drought.
On the opposition’s claims that outsiders are being recruited from neighbouring countries of Uganda and Ethiopia to register as voters in Kenya by the NIS, the IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati noted that the commission is not aware of the case. Nevertheless, he warned that action will be taken to those found, adding that it’s against the law to do something like that.