As the registration of voters gains momentum, the Rift valley region has received a major boost after the recruitment and subsequent deployment of 200 new assistant county commissioners.
Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya while briefing the officers said there are over 71,000 identification cards that have not been collected in the region and the officers will be of great help.
The assistant county commissioners will help in the mobilisation of those who have not collected the crucial identification documents which are needed in voter registration.
“The identification cards that have been processed and have not been collected by the owners are 71, 000; in the north Rift we have 24,000 and in the south Rift we have 47,000, we urge those who applied for IDs to come after two months and check on the status,” Natembeya said on Tuesday.
"I have also authorised every deputy county commissioner to get these IDs, and arrange with the chiefs to take the IDs to the owners so that they can then register as voters."
Natembeya said the region has received 200 assistant county commissioners as the government revived administration units which have been unoccupied.
The new ACCs include new recruits and those who have been promoted from chiefs after they upgraded their education to degree level and were approved after interviews.
The new ACCs had met the regional county commissioner in Nakuru for briefing and deployment.
“We saw fit to brief and introduce them to their new environment, some of them are young direct from the university and the work of coordinating government business is challenging, so we needed to prepare them,” Natembeya said.
The new recruits are upbeat about their new jobs and are ready to execute them.
Sharon Mwalili, one of the new ACCs who has been in the private sector and has been deployed to Londiani subcounty, Kericho county, says she is excited to start on her new journey.
“This is a new space where I am more than excited and willing to work with the government and try to understand people’s problems and make things easier for the local mwananchi,” said Mwalili.
