Nairobi county is leading in the IEBC Mass Voter registration excercise.
As of November 2, 2021 Nairobi has over 139,000 new voters with 46,000 transfers.
The capital is followed by Nakuru county, with 58,000 new voters registered over the same period.
However, Lamu and Isiolo ranked lowest for registering 5,400 and 5,700 respectively.
IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati made the announcement, adding that the commission had fallen short of its target.
A total of 1,413,444 new voters out of the projected target of 6,000,000 have been registered.
Furthermore, a total of 352,679 registered voters have applied to transfer from their current registration centres to other centres of choice.
The Commission plans to commence the voter registration for citizens residing outside the Country on Monday 6th December, 2021 for a period of fifteen (15) days. The exercise will be concluded on 20th December, 2021.
IEBC also announced that voters will be able to verify their data in February 2022.
Court Orders
IEBC lamented budget constrains after a high court declared the ECVR deadline null and void.
The excercise, according to finsncial documents seen by Uzapendo News, costed the country Kshs.1.282 billion (an average of Kshs.42.7 million per day) for the 30 days.
IEBC claimed that it will need a further budgetary allocation of Kshs.42.7 million per day on any additional ECVR day as directed by the court.
The Commission in compliance with the said court order will continue with ECVR until further orders from the court.
