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Yeah, elections are next year, but digital youth just don’t care

Part of the voters line up to cast their ballot during the voting process at St Teresa Primary School in Mathare constituency, Nairobi, August 8, 2017. [Stephen Mudiari, Standard]

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is seeking to register over four million young people ahead of next year’s General Election.

A group that was not eligible to vote in the 2017 polls. This must be good news to the ears of presidential aspirants and other contestants as the country readies for the upcoming polls.

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