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As voter registration kicked off all over the country in Kenya, the Internally displaced people, especially in Eldoret were considering to boycott the whole process altogether due to what they term as lack of confidence in the electoral system in kenya.
Kenya refugee camp
This follows the poor management of the last general election by the disbanded ECK under the stewardship of the former chairman Samuel Kivuitu.

It is recalled that the chairman once cornered by journalist during the post election violence to ask who won the election, arrogantly said that he did not know. This leaves much to be desired of the electoral process in this peaceful country, said one of the would-be voters.

The IDPs are not happy not only with the electoral process in Kenya, but also feel they were neglected by the leaders when they needed help. They say at one point when they were evicted from their temporary homes, they were forced to walk for hundreds of kilometres in search of a place to settle and neither government officials nor politicians came to their aid."Why are they urging us to register in large numbers? Isn’t it only because they want us to vote for them again come 2012?"An infuriated old lady asked.

All in all, going by the mood of the electorate as the voter registration and renewal of voter's cards kicks off, in general the Kenyan citizen feels cheated and used by the selfish and self seeking politician.