The electoral commission and the Ministry of Interior have castigated Cord leader Raila Odinga over claims that the NIS is facilitating foreigners to register as voters in the ongoing mass listing. In separate press statements on Tuesday, the commission and the ministry dismissed Raila's assertions as "malicious and intended to undermine the voter registration process". For their part IEBC, denied that individuals who do not work for the commission are registering foreigners as voters using Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits. Separately, nominated MP Johnson Sajaka also blasted the opposition chief over the claims of interference with the ongoing voter registration. Sakaja accused Raila of issuing the alarming statements with the primary objective of trying to delegitimise the ongoing voter registration.

Source: The Star January 24, 2017 18:14 UTC