Registration closes but you can still register

The general elections registration exercise that started three weeks ago has ended. Our hope is that a significant number of voters have registered.

We cannot over-emphasise the importance of an election in the life of a democracy. This is the time when the public is called upon to make decisions to elect a government of their choice. Our hope is that you all went out to exercise this all important responsibility.

Given the unimpressive numbers of voters who have been coming forward to register, it is possible that even the yesterday's last push to woo prospective voters to register was not enough.The low turn-out is not made any better by the fact that political parties have not had their primary elections which determines who the party representatives in the coming elections would be.

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