Nairobi, June 28 -- The Registrar of Political Parties announced a few days ago that Kenyans could now be able to easily verify their political party membership status on the e-citizen platform. What was supposed to be a normal and quiet process soon turned into a nightmare on social media.
A majority of Kenyans who posted complained that they had found their names in the register of political parties without their consent. The public response to this concern was both inadequate and disconcerting.
The law requires political parties to maintain a register of all their members. In addition, the office of the Registrar of Political Parties is required to verify and make publicly available the list of all members of political parties.
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