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Activist Gladwell Otieno sues IEBC for failing to make voters' roll public

Civil Society led by Kenya Human Rights Commission AfriCOG Executive Director Gladwell Otieno at Nairobi Safari Club on Tuesday 16/05/17. PHOTO:BONIFACE OKENDO

The electoral commission has been dragged to court for failing to make public the voters' register.

The petitioner, Gladwell Otieno, the founder and Executive Director of Africa Centre for Open Governance (Africog), argued that failure by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to open up the register for public scrutiny after the audit by KPMG, is a threat to free, fair and credible elections.

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