Clash over IEBC move to scrap manual register

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati addresses the press at the Bomas of Kenya, June 20, 2022. [Samson Wire,  Standard]

The revelation by the electoral agency that the August 9 elections will be conducted without a physical voter register has created the latest political fodder.

In what will be a shift from tradition, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has announced that it would only rely on a digital register to serve the 22.1 million voters and avoid manipulation of the polling exercise.