The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has released a list of counties where voters have IDs with the same numbers, and those whose ID details don’t match those in the national registration bureau.
Nairobi, Kisumu and Kiambu top the list of counties where voters share identification numbers.
Lamu county has the least number of anomalies, 250.
21,149 voters have IDs with the same number while 57,603 have registered with IDs that do not match those in the registration bureau, according to he IEBC.
IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba Saturday asked the voters with the shared IDs to visit IEBC constituency offices where they were registered to verify their details.
“Those who will not have verified and corrected their records within 10 days from February 6 run the risk of having their names being expunged from the register of voters,” he said, as reported by Nation.
Here is the list of counties and the number of shared IDs:
Meru (3,289(, Nakuru (3,261), Homa Bay (2,649), Machakos (2,435), Kisii (2,293), Migori (2,205), Kitui (2,175), Bungoma (2,153), Mombasa (2,012), Kilifi (2,007).
Murang’a (1,8819, Makueni (1,726), Kajiado (1,624), Narok (1,603), Uasin Gishu (1,451), Busia (1,439), Nyeri (1,435), Trans Nzoia (1,340), Kericho (1,273), Nyandarua (1,214), Turkana (1,205), Nandi (1,179), and Vihiga (1,162).
Bomet (1,158), Nyamira (1,028), Kirinyaga (1022), Kwale (926), Embu (905), Garissa (869), Laikipia (830), and Wajir at 816.