North Rift: Official says over 30,000 ID cards awaiting collection before residents can register as voters

Charles Atichi Okwayo displays his voter's card after registering at the M.V Patel Memorial Hall in Eldoret yesterday. [PHOTO: ELIUD KIPSANG]

The Registrar of Persons in the North Rift region says more than 30,000 national identity cards are lying in his office and has appealed to applicants to collect them in order to register as voters.

Paul Keitany, the North Rift co-ordinator for the registration of persons, said the ID cards had been in his office for over one year.