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Why dead voters are still haunting the IEBC register

IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati

Kenyans may have to come to terms with the reality that ridding the register of names of dead voters could prove to be a tall order.

With the electoral commission running out of time, failure by Kenyans to record deaths and the foot-dragging by authorities to provide comprehensive information on registered deaths, the possibility of dead voters ‘participating’ in the August 8 poll is not far-fetched.

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