PREMIUM Inside fresh push to let diaspora Kenyans vote with IDs Politics Just now Listen
The over 5 million Kenyans living in the diaspora may have the alternative of using a national identity card (ID) as a valid voting document other than the passport ahead of the 2027 General Election, if Parliament approves regulations recognising the document.
Article 83 of the Constitution provides for the qualifications for one to register as a voter, with the legal requirements being possession of a national identity card or a valid Kenyan passport, with the requirement for voting in Kenya’s foreign missions abroad limited to a passport.“Other than the voting card issued by the electoral commission upon registration, the national identity card should also be considered as a valid voting document for Kenyans in the diaspora,” the CIOC report on the status of implementation of the Constitution by the IEBC reads.
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