An IEBC official checks a national identification card with a KIEMS machine to verify the voters registration at a polling station in Nyeri county in August 2017. [David Gichuru, Standard]The requirement that one can only register as a voter using a national ID card can be a problem, advocate Florence Jaoko has said. On youth registration and innovation, Jaoko said in order to reach out to the youth, the IEBC needs to have robust social media campaigns. Jaoko said youth can further be targeted when they register to get national IDs and urged to register as voters as well. The process to recruit four commissioners to the national electoral agency, 15 months to the general election, entered its second week today.

Source: Standard Digital July 12, 2021 10:52 UTC