{"id":2724,"date":"2022-08-09T19:21:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T19:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=2724"},"modified":"2022-08-09T19:21:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T19:21:34","slug":"elections-shocker-historic-low-voter-turnout-as-iebc-says-only-57-per-cent-of-kenyans-voted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=2724","title":{"rendered":"Elections shocker:  Historic low voter turnout as IEBC says only 57 per cent of Kenyans voted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><code><em>The total number of votes cast was the less number of votes of what President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga cumulatively garnered in the 2017 general elections.<\/em><\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><code>By Mercy Andeso, Nairobi<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has said that\nonly 56.17 per cent Kenyans turned out to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to IEBC Commissioner Francis Wanderi, only 12.065million\nregistered voters, out of 22.12million had cast their votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/imageresize-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/imageresize-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/imageresize-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/imageresize-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/imageresize-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/imageresize-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/imageresize.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong><code>DP William Ruto, President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga during the launch of the BBI<\/code><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The total number of votes cast was the less number of votes of what President\nUhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga cumulatively garnered in the 2017\ngeneral elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The electoral agency said that they expect the final voter turn out to be\naround 60 per cent, which is one of the lowest in the country\u2019s voting history\nsince independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2017, the final turnout was 78 per cent while in 2013, the final voter turnout\nwas 86 per cent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.more to follow\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The total number of votes cast was the less number of votes of what President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga cumulatively garnered in the 2017 general elections. By Mercy Andeso, Nairobi The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has said that only 56.17 per cent Kenyans turned out to vote. 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