Low turnout marks week one of voter registration in Nandi.

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has recorded low turn out of new voters in Nandi county for the last one week.

According to the weekly report, 3,321 persons had enrolled into the biometric voter’s registration in entire six sub counties by Friday 8th October. 2021 against the electoral commission’s target of registering 2,500 on daily basis.

Catherine Bulinda, the IEBC Nandi region coordinator noted that going by the current voters turn up rate, she claimed that there is high tendencies of leaving out a huge percentage of legible voters in the registration exercise that would be closed in 2nd November. 2021.

She said the locals are seemingly disregarding their soul civil duty which would upset the registration of the estimated 79,733 persons said that they are expected to vote for the first time in August 8th.2022.

“We are calling upon the leadership stakeholders to help us in mobilization process to reach out to the unregistered voters in the community. The church leaders, opinion shapers, political leaders and other influential persons can help us in the sensitization program within this short period and achieve the maximum population of people we are targeting to register ahead of next year’s general election,” she appealed.

Mrs Bulinda narrated that for five days the percentage rate of new registered voters in Emgwen is dragged at 21%, Tindiret 26%, Aldai 29%, Chesumei 29% and Nandi hills 34%.

“People are so interesting. Some of the voters are demanding for handouts for them to register as voters which is attributed to ignorance to the rights to participate in the election process as their constitutional civil responsibility,” lamented Mrs Bulinda.