Leave no room for any Kenyan to feel left out of 2017 electoral roll

In light of revelations that keep cropping up, there is little doubt that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) did not measure up to public expectation in the 2013 General Election. From missing forms, dysfunctional voter registration machines, wrongful procurement to delayed receipt of already paid-for material and allegations of corruption in printing electoral material by a British firm Smith and Ouzman, IEBC's credibility has been dented.

An internal audit done by a firm hired by the IEBC has revealed anomalies that made it impossible for millions of Kenyans to exercise their democratic right to participate in elections. Besides a chaotic voter registration exercise where the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits malfunctioned, the electoral commission failed to provide the kits in some areas. On the other hand, some registration centres were compelled to share the BVR kits. As a result of this, there was confusion that resulted in voters being registered in the wrong centres after some registration officers, who out of lethargy or sloppiness, failed to use the machines appropriately.