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Protesters storm ECK centre and rough up officials
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- Published on Monday, 04 June 2007 01:33
The demonstrators beat up registration clerks, accusing them of being outsiders, and confiscated registration materials.
The clerks reported the matter at Ogembo Police Station, where they recorded statements before they were provided with security personnel to escort them back to Kiobegi centre.
The release of the ECK list of officials to preside over the month-long exercise led to tension in Gucha District, with representatives of the Youth Parliament and other local leaders threatening to disrupt the exercise.
Meanwhile, there were complaints of shortage of registration forms in Kisumu. Mr John Ogutu said he could not change his voting centre after a clerk at Pand Pieri Primary School in Nyalenda told him there were no forms.
But the Kisumu District ECK co-ordinator, Mr Walter Juma, denied the claim. He said there were enough forms.
There are 208 polling stations in Kisumu, with 138 having been added last year.
In Kinango, Coast Province, MP Gonzi Rai asked the Government to relax conditions for identity card issuance to people living in border districts.
Speaking at Samburu Township, Rai said applicants were vetted to verify their citizenship.
"The process has frustrated them," he said.
In another development, registration clerks in Migori District were asked to register voters from door to door.
"We have a goal of registering 8,600 new persons. The clerks must achieve this," Mr Broadrick Ogange, the district co-ordinator, said.
Ogange spoke as leaders complained that lack of national identity cards had hampered the exercise.
