The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has suspended plans to enlist Kenyan voters in diaspora.
Chairman Wafula Chebukati indicated the Commission would only conduct diaspora voter registration in the neighbouring East African Countries of Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda and South Africa.
This means that at least four million eligible voters risk being locked out of the August 8, general polls.
IEBC has been conducting a one month voter registration drive which kicked off January 16 to February 14, targeting six million new voters.
By the third week, the electoral agency said it had enrolled 624,306 additional voters, expanding its total to 2,164,184 against the target.
''Considering the logistics and constraints of time, the Commission saw it prudent and tenable to start with these countries.''
''The law allow for progressive registration and voting by Kenyans in the diaspora and more countries will be included in future,'' said Chebukati, during a press conference, Tuesday.