Just three days after the electoral body, IEBC released voter register for Kibra constituency, Orange Democratic Party, ODM has raised yet another complaint to the commission.
On Thursday, the party through its official Twitter account demanded that the commission provide the people of Kibra with a voter register that has the full name of the voter, polling station and their ID number.
According to ODM, the released register did not have all the labeled details hence making verification exercise in the constituency very difficult.
On Monday, IEBC announced it had completed the verification of the register and had already dispatched the registers to various polling centers in the constituency
We are demanding that the @IEBCKenya live up to their expectations and provide the people of Kibra with voter register that has the full name of the voter, polling station & his/her ID number. What they have provided doesn't have voters' ID numbers hence making verification hard.
— The ODM Party (@TheODMparty) October 31, 2019
The notice dated October 25 and signed by Mr. Wafula Chebukati, chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, said revision of the voters’ register had been completed.
“Certifying that the revision of the Register of Voters has been completed for purposes of the by-election for Kibra Constituency scheduled to be held on 7th November 2019,” read part of the notice.
The electoral body had also announced the relocation of 26,788 voters registered in the 36 polling stations ahead of the November 7 By-election.
It revealed that Laini Saba has 17,455 voters, Lindi 16,688, Makina 25,695, Woodley/ Kenyatta Golf Course 28,066 and Sarangombe 30,754 bringing a total number of registered voters in the constituency to 118,658.
Earlier on, ODM had threatened to lead a mass demonstrations to the IEBC offices after the commission delayed to release the register.
ODM had complained that it needed to scrutinise the register early enough, so as to avoid scenarios where supporters are kept out from voting because of missing names.
On Sunday 28, ODM leaders led by Suna East MP Junet Mohamed had also threatened to march to Anniversary Towers, where the offices of the IEBC are if they do not get the list of all presiding officers and clerks in good time.