Jubilee Party head of secretariat Raphael Tuju has challenge Central Kenya residents to enlist as voters in large numbers. 

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In a radio interview on Thursday, the former Rarieda MP decried the low voter registration turnout in the region, warning that the opposition strongholds could catch up with the region in numbers of registered voters. 

"There are about three million unregistered adults who have IDs in the region. We hope that by February 14 when this exercise ends, two million will have fulfilled their mandate as Kenyans," he said. "The Opposition is making strides. We must run because they will catch up with us if we keep moving this slowly," he added. 

According to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, the electoral agency registered a total of 825,145 new voters in the first week of the ongoing mass voter registration exercise. 

IEBC projected to register about 1.4million new voters per week. The exercise is set to end on February 14.