Kigame rejects IEBC response, demands answers over wife’s missing voter details
By Mustafa Juma, April 5, 2026Prominent activist and politician Reuben Kigame has rejected a response from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) concerning discrepancies in the voter register, raising fresh concerns about the integrity of Kenya’s electoral process ahead of the 2027 general elections.
In a statement shared on social media on the night of Saturday, April 4, 2026, Kigame revealed that while his name still appears in the voter register, his wife’s details do not, despite both having consistently voted at the same polling station in previous elections.
While responding to his claims, the IEBC, in a statement shared via X on Sunday, April 5, 2026, asked him to forward his wife’s details for verification.
“Kindly send your wife’s details to info@iebc.or.ke to verify her details,” IEBC stated.
However, Kigame rejected the response and demanded answers. He argued that it was the commission that had initially done a verification that had found his wife’s details missing in the voter register.
“What do you mean I send my wife’s details to verify, yet we did verify on your own portal and she does not appear in your register? Are there two different registers? My post clearly states that we checked both my details and hers and found mine but not hers. We have been voting at the same polling station, so kindly explain,” Kigame wrote on X.
Concerns over voter register integrity
Kigame had raised fresh concerns over the integrity of Kenya’s voter register.
Taking to his official X account on the night of Saturday, April 4, 2026, Kigame accused the IEBC and the Kenya Kwanza administration of tampering with voter data ahead of the 2027 General Election.
Kigame claimed that discrepancies in the voter register point to what he described as early-stage electoral manipulation.
“The IEBC and Kenya Kwanza Administration have begun playing a dangerous election game, and I can confirm that they are tampering with the voter register,” he said.
Kigame cited a personal experience to back his claims, revealing that while his name still appears in the register, his wife’s does not, despite both having voted at the same polling station in previous elections.
“My wife and I have voted at the same polling station for the last three elections. We have just confirmed that I am in the voter register but she is not,” he stated.
He went on to describe the situation as “nothing but advance rigging of the next election”, remarks that are likely to intensify scrutiny of the electoral body.