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Kenya electoral body to blot out 1.18 million voters from register

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati.

Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chairman Wafula Chebukati. PHOTO | NMG

By  Collins Omulo

At least 1.18 million voters will be knocked off the register ahead of the August 9 elections in Kenya. 

This is after a preliminary audit report by KPMG revealed several anomalies in the 22.5 million raw database of registered voters.  

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