Why Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission can't register new voters, buy election kits

A long queue of voters at Moi Avenue Primary School during the March 2013 General Election. At least 31,000 electronic voter identification devices (EVID) failed during the elections, leading to long queues in polling centres. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

Kenyans will have to wait longer for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to carry out the long-awaited voter registration exercise.

The commission has no money for voter registration and is also saddled with a Sh4.8 billion debt that was carried over from bills before the last elections.