Rigging Continues....128,926 voters sharing ID, passport numbers, IEBC confirms

[Dr. Job]

128,926 voters sharing ID, passport numbers, IEBC confirms

IEBC officials assist residents to confirm their data, during the launch of the 2017 general elections voter registration exercise, in KIbra slum, Nairobi, January 16, 2017. /REUTERS

The IEBC has confirmed that 128,926 registered voters share Identification and passport numbers.

New chairman Wafula Chebukati said anomalies amounted to 0.08 per cent of the total number of voters in their database.

"The shared ID numbers could be as a result of data entry errors and forceful use of IDs to register more than once," he told journalists in Nairobi on Tuesday.

Cord leader Raila Odinga reported double registration of his ID number after the Interior ministry said Kalonzo Musyoka lied about a similar occurrence.

More on this: Kalonzo accuses IEBC of rigging as his ID is listed to woman in Wajir

Regarding the mass listing, Chebukati said 825,125 new voters have been registered countrywide since the exercise began on January 16.

The chairman noted this did not include Kilifi and Turkana countries whose data has not been tallied.

But Chebukati added: "The figures translate to 58 per cent turnout which falls below the weekly target of 1.4 million."

He said the registration exercise has been hard hit by insecurity, drought, especially among pastoral communities and youths holed up in learning institutions.

The IEBC listed more than 80,000 voters on day one of its mass registration exercise.

CEO Ezra Chiloba said at least 2,000 people were registered in each of the 47 counties when phase two of the listing officially began.

He said the only counties whose figures had not been received were Lamu, Turkana, Tana River and Laikipia.

More on this: IEBC launches mass voter registration phase 2, targets six million

The commission said it will not extend the registration period and that those who will not register will be excluded from voting.

The IEBC fell short of its target of registering four million new voters in the first phase of the listing last year.

The electoral body managed to register only 1,428,056 voters, representing 34 per cent of its national target.

128,926 voters sharing ID, passport numbers, IEBC confirms

 

[Dr. Job]

IEBC must address registration concerns

By The Standard | Updated Wed, January 25th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati assumed office at a time when the Opposition had raised the red flag on the issue of voters sharing identification cards.

It was not an issue he could quietly shunt aside, especially when identification cards for Wiper leader Kalonzo and Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga had been used to register other voters.

This played into the Opposition’s earlier claims the Government was planning to pre-determine the outcome of the August 2017 General Election; coming after the passage of the contentious Electoral Laws (Amendment) Bill 2016.

At a press conference yesterday, Chebukati acknowledged that 128,926 people share identification card numbers. This is a matter of great concern since the figure could be higher.

Raila further claims the National Intelligence Service is recruiting Ugandans and Ethiopians to shore up Jubilee numbers. Such claims may be spurious, and the Government has challenged Raila to provide evidence.

However, voters who may not be privy to propaganda that attends elections could take this to be the gospel truth, setting ground for unnecessary friction the country can ill afford at the time. Chebukati’s team must come out clearly to address these concerns. Political posturing has polarised the country along political and ethnic lines.

Leaders themselves do little to hold the country together by resorting to vernacular at FM radio stations and rallies and to dispense half-truths and outright falsehoods that do not bode well for the country. This, in part, has led to voter apathy as many people fail to take up the call to register as voters.

This apathy is symptomatic of despair and fear of what might come out in August. IEBC, according to Chebukati, will not meet their target of registering 6 million voters. This must jolt our leaders to change tack in their push to register voters.

IEBC must address registration concerns

 

[KWEZISHO]

Tumuombe Mungu aivushe Kenya salama kwenye uchaguzi ujao!!

 

[Edward Wanjala]

Tumuombe Mungu aivushe Kenya salama kwenye uchaguzi ujao!!

Mambo ni shwari mkuu sioni kama kutatokea lolote mbaya.

Mixed information imekuwa tangu zamani, hasa ID's zilipobadilishwa, ndio maana kuna audit ya registry itafanywa kabla ya uchanguzi kulainisha sajili ya wapiga kura!

Kelele za CORD ni zile kutaka kuonyesha wafwasi kwamba hao ni majabali, kwa kufanya hivyo inawapa motisha wafwasi wao, lakini ikija kwamba ni kuzua vurugu, sidhani, hata Raila mwenyewe najua!!