Kenya: Only Half of 18 Million Voters Listed As Deadline Nears

10 December 2012

Only about half of Kenya's eligible voters have registered to take part in next year's watershed elections, with just eight days left for the electorate to enlist themselves.

Figures released by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission on Monday show that 8,648,926 individuals had registered by Saturday, which is roughly half of the targeted 18 million eligible voters.

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