More Kenyans living in the diaspora will have an opportunity to participate in this year’s General election.
IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati said they would add six more countries to the five which had met the threshold to participate in the election.
“The commission has added the United Arab Emirates, United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, Qatar and South Sudan to the list of the countries that will participate in next year’s polls,” said Mr Chebukati.
The IEBC chairman noted that the countries had met the 3,000 voters requirement to be enlisted as a polling centre. This now brings to 11 the number of countries which will participate in the elections.
In 2017, Kenyans in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Africa participated in the presidential election.
It is estimated that about three million Kenyans live abroad, but majority of them have not registered with the respective embassies to be allowed to vote.
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January 23, 2022 at 1:21 am
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