A youth registers as a voter at Muhuru Town during a votes drive organised by Nyatike MP Edick Anyanga
Youths in Migori county have threatened to whip chiefs and their assistants over long queues in their offices for those seeking to take national identification cards.
The youths, mostly allied to the popular ODM party have said they will also turn their wrath on registrars who have taken long to clear their colleagues who are seeking the vital documents.
A spot check by Migori News showed thousands seeking IDs locked out of offices as they waited to be vetted in chief offices and the registrar of persons.
Last week the group was chased away from the Migori county main registration office for lack of documents which could be easily downloaded from website.
“We reported on Monday and still there was no services, today is Wednesday and we are still queing here as chiefs and registrars are making the process to be hectic,” Agnes Adhiambo an applicant said.
Sadly in Nyanza only 95,995 voters have been registered which is only 48 per cent of week one target with the region having 3.5million people with ID who have not registered as voters.
The number is higher as 1.3million people who have attained 18 years and above do not have IDs.
Last week youths manning gold mines, fishing beaches and transport sectors managed to push people to seek the two vital documents but they said their plan has been thwarted by politicians fighting each other and government officials.
“When Raila came to the county last week for voters registration drive, politicians used the chance to chest thump, fight each other and ignored streamlining infrastructure for voters drive,” Abade Otieno, a rider behind the push said.
Otieno is among rider who have been pushing through registration and vowed to move across chiefs and registrars offices to speed up the process if politicians have sought to campaign with the exercise.
“Shame on county politicians who think the best way to drive through the agenda is mounting speakers on pickups and using their posters to campaign for themselves,” he said.
