{"id":242,"date":"2026-09-28T04:42:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T04:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=242"},"modified":"2026-09-28T04:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T04:42:01","slug":"iebc-strongly-denies-claims-of-foreign-voter-registration-and-missing-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"IEBC Strongly Denies Claims of Foreign Voter Registration and Missing Kits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has issued a firm public statement rejecting allegations of illegal foreign voter registration and missing election equipment. The claims, which gained traction after a television teaser suggested voter materials were being moved toward the Kenya-Uganda border, particularly around the Suam area in Trans Nzoia County, have been described by the commission as unsubstantiated and misleading.<br>In its statement, the IEBC said no credible evidence has been submitted to support accusations that foreigners are being registered as Kenyan voters or that Kenya Integrated Elections Management System (KIEMS) kits have gone missing or been taken outside the country. The commission stressed that it only registers Kenyan citizens who already hold valid national identity cards or passports and that it has no role in issuing those documents.<br>IEBC Chairperson Erastus Ethekon and the commission warned that spreading false information about the electoral process risks undermining public confidence ahead of the 2027 general election. They invited anyone with genuine evidence of malpractice to present it for investigation and said appropriate legal action, including possible prosecution, would follow if wrongdoing is proven.<br>The continuous voter registration exercise is ongoing across all 290 constituencies. The commission also reminded the public that Kenyans living abroad retain their constitutional right to register and vote, and that diaspora registration is being expanded in a controlled and legal manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790570041250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790570041250.jpg 720w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790570041250-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">IEBC Chairman Erastus Ethekon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has issued a firm public statement rejecting allegations of illegal foreign voter registration and missing election equipment. The claims, which gained traction after a television teaser suggested voter materials were being moved toward the Kenya-Uganda border, particularly around the Suam area in Trans Nzoia County, have been described [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}