Nairobi governor Evans Kidero has expressed disappointment over low voter registration turnout experienced across the country in the ongoing mass voter registration exercise.
Speaking on Sunday during a church service at Voice of Salvation church in Buru Buru, the county chief said absence of good leadership was to blame for the low turnout.
"Less than 50 per cent of the expected number is registering and people who are not registering are especially the youth between the age of 18 and 26," he said.
“We have been asking ourselves why and the answer that is coming is that the youth are disappointed with the leaders,” he added.
The governor, however, challenged the young people to register in numbers, observing that it is the only way that they can exercise their democratic right of electing leaders of their choice.
IEBC had earlier projected to register about six million new voters in the exercise that is set to conclude on February 14.