Mr Musyoka yesterday said the party is in talks with the electoral body to see if it will extend the mass voter registration to achieve the targets it had set. “Potential voters are still waiting for their identity cards and we hope the government will fast track the process so that they can be registered,” Mr Musyoka said. IEBC had set a conservative target of registering 4 million new voters and a higher target of 6 million, but numbers released after three weeks of the exercise are less than 1.5 million voters. DISCORD IN WIPERWiper secretary-general Hassan Omar claimed there is a ploy by the Jubilee government to ensure that they stay in power by frustrating voter registration in places that are not their strongholds. Mr Musila, a longtime ally of Mr Musyoka, has been unhappy that the latter had endorsed Kitui Governor, Mr Julius Malombe, whom he is seeking to replace in the next polls.

Source: Daily Nation February 10, 2017 21:12 UTC