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We always know that voting is our right as citizens but as things stand right now each and every citizen is being bombarded by the information of registering as voters. As politicians are trying to show their supremacy and to win the hearts of citizens we remain to be the suffering lot.

We are going through hard times as Kenyan, we no longer have the powers to make our own decisions, but they are made for us by the political class in Kenya.

This brings me to the incident that happened in Embu County.If what the Embu county commissioner, Esther Maina said is going to be effected then Embu county residents will feel the heat of not having IDS and voting cards.

Esther Maina said that she will be going door to door to find out those who have not enlisted as voters. According to her she is going to deal with them in a way that they will live to regret. This worsen the situation because if you don’t know the harm someone is bound to do to you, you are more terrified and psychologically humiliated. You are never at peace of this mental torture.

The commissioner further issued another warning telling the resident not to dare relocate to other regions because she will soon catch up with them.

Families especially the head of the family has an uphill task of ensuring that all the family members who have attained the age of 18 years have IDs and a voters' cards failure to which they will cool their heels in one of the prisons in the country. Will they be charged with a crime of negligence? I don’t know.

According to her voter registration should be done in 15 days and there is no negation in that. The responsibility of issuing IDs is entrusted with madam carol who is employed to do the job and he has been told to work diligently and ensure that all the people who are supposed to get IDs get them at the right time.

Those who get their IDs she reminded them their next stop over will be the voters' registration centers. Ether lamented that most of the women in the area take their husbands as their Identification Cards. She told them this should be a thing of the past.

To those who have done class eight and form four, there will be no certificates that will be given to them minus the voters' cards. Again to those youth seeking employment anywhere in the county the first qualification is not academics but a voting card.

Even as drought is raging havoc in Baringo, the residents of Embu county may also feel the same because Mrs. Maina has hinted that no vote no water and food to those starving. For those who have no voters cards and they intend not to have them, know that you are dating death due dehydration and hunger.

The worst part of it all was when the residents were detained in the meeting area because they had no IDs. This has sent a clear signal that the county Commission mean what she says and say what she means.The security personnels now have an added responsibility of police marking unregistered voters.

Elswhere in Vihiga county, those who have been benefiting from the CDF funds will miss the funds if they fail to show their voters cards. In Nyanza Raila announced early on that men should be denied sex until they show their voters card.

For real as Kenyan citizens, we have been caught between a rock and a hard surface.We don’t know what will happen next.For those who like one for the road, the issue is the same no bottle for beer will be opened until you show your voter's card.