Nandi governor Stephen Sang accompanied by his wife today cast his vote at Kobujoi primary school in Aldai constituency.
Speaking after casting his vote, Sang urged Nandi residents to turn up in large numbers and vote before the closure time of 5.00 PM applauding the electoral and boundaries commission officials for their well done job of ensuring voting centers opened at the right official time.
Despite low voter turn out in some polling stations across Nandi, Sang had hopes that by afternoon the turnout will be hundred percent as majority were still carrying out their household tasks.
According to him voters turnout will shoot up to 99 per cent before the end of the exercise thus appealed to residents to keep time by ensuring they vote before the closure of the polling centers.
The governor further clarified that security here in Nandi is well apart from the border of Nandi and Kisumu where Nasa supporters blocked the Kapsabet-Kericho highway at Muhoroni advocating for no elections.
The voting exercise in Nandi kicked off smoothly at 6.00 AM official time with no hitches experienced as the BVR kits worked well. Security was beefed up at least Two security officers per polling centers.
The elections is being manned by the county elections manager Catherine Bulinda together with the iebc constituency managers as Edward Kiptum(Tindiret), Dorine Wawire(Aldai), Peter Reza(Nandihills), Maximila Lang’at(Mosop), Rajab Baraza(emgwen) and Grace Wachiye of(chesumei)
Nandi has a total of 346,103 registered voters with 797 polling centers and six constituencies of Emgwen, Chesumei, Mosop, Nandihills, Aldai and Tindiret with a total of Thirty wards respectively.
It borders the neighbouring counties of UasinGishu, Kericho, Kisumu, Vihiga and Kakamega and has total number of voters per constituency as follows:
Aldai. 65,866. 170 polling centers
Mosop. 63,926. 143
Chesumei. 62,299. 132
Emgwen. 58,645. 121
Nandihills. 51,393. 121
Tindiret. 43,971. 110 respectively
Nandi senator Samson Cherargei casted his vote at Cheptarit primary in chesumei while woman representative voted at Kapnyeberai primary school.
Members of parliament Alfred keter of Nandihills voted at lesos primary, Julius Melly (tindiret) at Kamelilo primary, Alex Kosgey of (emgwen) at Taleltany primary, Wilson Kogo(chesumei) at Chemundu primary, Vincent Tuwei(mosop) at Ndalat DEB primary and Cornelius Serem(aldai) at Mosombor primary school.
