The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has resumed continuous voter registration in Kenya.

The services offered during the ongoing registration include new voter enrolment, correction or updating of details, transfer of registration to another polling area, and verification of information.

The exercise was officially launched at Mashuuru Primary School in Kajiado East constituency, where IEBC Chairperson Erastus Edung Ethekon urged Kenyans to take advantage of the window to either register as new voters, correct errors in their details, or transfer their registration to a polling station of choice.
“The Commission projects that come 2027 we should have registered about 28.5 million voters,” Ethekon said.

Currently, Kenya has about 22.12 million registered voters from the 2022 elections. To meet its 2027 target, the Commission has started with continuous voter registration at constituency offices across the country. However, areas where by-elections are scheduled will be exempt until after the polls are concluded on November 27, 2025.

According to Ethekon, mass voter registration will begin immediately after the by-elections.

Who is eligible to register
IEBC states that any Kenyan citizen aged 18 years and above with a valid national identity card or passport qualifies to register. In addition, an applicant must not have been registered before, must not have been convicted of an election offence in the last five years, and must not be declared of unsound mind.