Voter registration kicked off this week. The Interim Independent Electoral
Commission (IIEC) has given us 45 days within which to all register afresh
(your current voter’s card is no longer valid).
For those of you who may have moved or wish to register in a different
constituency or polling station, click to download the attached document may be useful. IIEC Polling Stations (1468)
.
Why is it necessary for you to register as a voter ?
- To exercise their constitutional right and duty: the Constitution grants every citizen the right to elect his/her leaders of choice
- Voting provides an opportunity to choose a leader of your choice. Kenyans decide who will be their President, MP or councilor
- Voting provides an opportunity to vie in elections. By law, only registered voters are allowed to vie for elections.
- To safeguard their rights and freedoms as provided for in the constitution
- To give legitimacy to leaders. By electing their leaders, voters give their consent to be led by whoever they have chosen and to reject those who fail to sufficiently represent their interests.
- Voting provides the opportunity to change leaders ideally on the basis of performance. Voters get the chance to elect new leaders where incumbents are underperforming or to renew the mandate of those they consider to be good performers.
- Voting sets a good example to others. By participating in elections, you set an example for political involvement and responsibility for the younger generation
- Voting provides opportunities for social interactions.
To qualify as a voter, one must fulfill the following conditions:-
- You must be a Kenyan citizen
- You must be 18 years old and above
- You must have a national ID card or a valid Kenyan passport
- You must have lived in Kenya for one (1) year before registering or at least four (4) years in the last eight (8) before registering
- You must have lived in the constituency for a period of five (5) months or own land or buildings or carry business in the constituency
Please make time to register to vote.
I have on Sunday, 28th March 2010 [Palm Sunday], registered as a voter with the IIEC. My Voter’s Card Number: 006/001/0605446495; National ID Card Number: 10842676
It is also my hope and prayer that ELECTRONIC VOTING will become an INTEGRAL part of the 2012 General Election to avoid a repeat of the 2007 CIRCUS!!
I will be registering this coming Saturday 3-04-2010. Lets all register as voters
A voter’s card is certainly our ticket to removing the current crop of leaders…..It is by our vote that a governing body is recruited.Go get VOTERS Cards people…tubadilishe Kenya!!
A true kenyan always yarns for good leadership in this country.there is no shortcurt in achieving this.The only way is by voting in good leaders with perfomance.My fellow kenyans the only weapon we have is the VOTERS CARD To help as achieve this change.DO YOU HAVE A VOTERS CARD? IF NOT PLEASE GET ONE TO ENABLE US INITIATE THIS CHANGE
IIEC has announced at the end of this past week that ONLY 5,000,000 people have registered ahead of the forthcoming plebscite; that means that there is another 5,000,000 voters yet to registered in the next 19 days…
The curtain closes on the manual version of this exercise today, 5th May 2010. The us now obtain copies of the printed Draft Constitution from Government Printer [off Haile Selassie Avenue, Nairobi]. We need to read through this document as we participate in sober CIVIC EDUCATION commencing 6th May 2010 aheas of the ultimate vote on Friday, 6th August 2010. Regardless of a YES or NO vote, we must remember the K4C motto, “No Kenyan Left Behind” – Let us remain PEACEFUL [www.projectamani.org] inspite of the outcome of this plebscite.
Wish to know whether one can vote outside the polling station where he registered if with an electronic voters card in kenya.
Hello Edwin,
You cannot vote outside the polling station that you had registered. You have to register afresh at the polling station of your choice after the referendum.