By MAUREEN KAKAHMore by this AuthorDid you beat the Tuesday voter registration deadline? Justice Enoch Chacha Mwita on Tuesday issued a temporary order suspending the deadline set by the electoral commission in a case filed by activist Okiya Omtata. “I hereby grant an order to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission not to close the voter registration exercise as scheduled on February 14 but continue with the process until February 16 when this matter will be heard,” said Justice Mwita. He also faults the manner in which IEBC has been issuing status reports on the state of voter registration in the country, which includes making projections on the number of IDs issued in an area and not on the number of eligible voters. STATUS REPORTMr Omtata wants the court to issue an order stopping anyone from directing that the voter registration exercise ends on February 14.

Source: Daily Nation February 14, 2017 14:49 UTC