Kenya’s electoral body on Tuesday announced it had registered 3.78 million new voters in the just concluded voter listing exercise.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati said a target of 62 per cent has been achieved since the final phase of mass voter registration kicked off in mid-January.
He said that the electoral body had so far registered 135 Diaspora voters in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Africa.
He added that registration of voters in prisons would begin on Wednesday in 118 prison facilities, targeting 5,952 convicts and 2,246 suspects on remand.
Kenya’s major political parties are mobilising their supporters to participate in the final voter registration exercise ahead of August polls.
Both President Uhuru Kenyatta and his rivals in the opposition crisscrossed the country as they led nationwide campaigns to encourage supporters to register.
Pundits say the latest voter registration would be the new battle ground for major parties as they prepare for the high octane campaigns ahead of the Aug. 8 general election.
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