Voter registration exercise has officially come to an end, and now the total figures are out. We wish to give a summary of new registered voters based on IEBC numbers. According to the IEBC, Jubilee strongholds had the highest number of new registered voters but with a slight edge over CORD strongholds.
Press release from IEBC ,which includes a summary of counties with highest number of new voters and the ones with the lowest figures read in parts:
Facts and Figures
- The preliminary reports from the field show that 3,782,089 applications for new registration were received by the Commission. This represents 62% of the upper target of 6 million voters but 95% of the 4 million lower target. It is important to note that these are not final figures.
Top 10 Counties as measured against the Upper Target set by the Commission
COUNTY | PERCENTAGE AGAINST TARGET | |
1 | KAJIADO | 240% |
2 | MANDERA | 116% |
3 | NAROK | 102% |
4 | GARISSA | 92% |
5 | KIRINYAGA | 91% |
6 | KIAMBU | 90% |
7 | WAJIR | 89% |
8 | MURANG’A | 86% |
9 | NAKURU | 84% |
10 | WEST POKOT | 81% |
The performance against target by the top 10 counties ranges from 81% – 240%.
Top 10 Counties Accounting for Most of Applications
COUNTY | REGISTERED VOTERS | |
1 | NAIROBI CITY | 461,346 |
2 | KIAMBU | 225,995 |
3 | NAKURU | 175,756 |
4 | MERU | 169,803 |
5 | MOMBASA | 141,686 |
6 | KILIFI | 123,866 |
7 | MACHAKOS | 114,320 |
8 | KAKAMEGA | 114,126 |
9 | MURANG’A | 101,724 |
10 | UASIN GISHU | 100,346 |
These counties registered more than 100,000 applications with Nairobi leading with
461,346.
- Taking into account the registration of voters after the 2013 General Election, the Commission projects that approximately 2 million new voters will be added on the voters roll. But this will be the case after a proper cleaning and verification process.
Voter Transfer Applications
- With regards to voter transfers, we have so far records of 1,001,819 applications. We observed that there are places that experienced more transfers than new registration of voters. Once the data is processed, we shall know the trends and what they mean for preparation of elections e.g. the size of polling stations.
Next Steps in Preparation of the Register of Voters
- The Commission will now process all the data received from the field to the Central Database at our Headquarters in Nairobi for further processing. This will entail matching of all the records received to ensure that there are no duplicates or persons appearing in the register more than once.
- A preliminary register will be compiled after a period of about 40 days and shall be send to registration officers in the field to confirm the correctness of the information. Once we receive feedback from the field officers, the Commission shall prepare the draft register that will be subjected to inspection and verification by the public starting May 10, 2017. The Commission shall then amend, certify and then publish the final register of voters as per the law in readiness for the elections.
Timelines for Nominations
- We wish to draw the attention of political parties and all aspirants to the notice published on February 6, 2017 regarding nomination of candidates. This is the next milestones towards the General Election. We are pleased to report that a number of
political parties are already submitting relevant documents. As a reminder, we wish to
reiterate what is urgent between now and April 26, 2017.