Parties to get interim IEBC voter register

An inmate in handcuffs at Kodiaga main prison in Kisumu County has his finger prints taken during registration as voter on February 23, 2017. (PHOTO: DENISH OCHIENG/ STANDARD)

The electoral agency will provide political parties with an interim voter register ahead of their primaries.

This is likely to reduce cases of electoral fraud, but the move exposes the commission to legal pitfalls as there is no law permitting release of an incomplete register to political parties.