Residents of Mavoko Sub-County have been urged to respond to calls for public voter registration during the ongoing continuous national voter registration.
Addressing journalists in her office in Athi River Town on Tuesday, Mavoko constituency Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Returning officer Faith Mugo, said her office had registered a low turn out of those seeking voter registration services since its launch early this year.
Mugo said only a handful of the qualified residents had visited the constituency IEBC offices located in Athi River Town, a situation which had forced them to operate at the sub-county offices.
She said the commission's staff had been forced to partner with the provincial administration to boost the numbers of those getting registered as voters in the region.
"We do not receive reasonable numbers of individuals seeking voter registration services in this office. This has forced us to work closely with the provincial administration from the entire sub-county," said Mugo.
Mugo said her office had opened a sub-office next to the Registrar of Persons offices in Athi River to enable the residents register as voters once they received their national identification cards.
She added that her office had embarked on a mobile registration exercise with the support of provincial administration through chiefs' baraza's, churches and civil society organisations.
Mugo encouraged the residents who had not registered as legitimate voters to do so when they still had time to avoid last time rush.