Let us embrace electronic electoral system to boost voter turnout

Kenya integrated election management system (KIEMS) Kit,on August 9, 2022. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard].

According to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), 14,164,651 of the 22,120,458 registered voters turned out to vote on August 9. Based on IEBC and the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the commission had targeted to register 27,857,598 citizens .

On the other hand, the number of persons issued with identity cards stands at 29,566,678, according to National Registration Bureau. In the 2017 presidential and general election, the electoral body registered 19, 611,423 Kenyans. In the five years from 2017 to 2022, the commission managed to register an additional 2,509,035 Kenyans, translating to an increase of 13 per cent.