Woman Who Travelled From U.S. to Vote Turned Away Due to Missing Name CapitalFMKenya: Kenya
Nancy Onchoke stood outside Nyamiobo polling station in Bonchari as she watched other voters queue, vote and leave.
She explained that she had travelled from the USA to show solidarity by voting her preferred candidates only to find her name missing from the KIEMs kit.Onchoke said she last voted in 2002 and since then has never participated in any elections.She further noted that the IEBC officers did not also bother checking her name in the manual register an alternative hope to be allowed to exercise her democratic right.
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