KENYA360's video: DIASPORA VOTE - THE END OF THE ROAD

After months of excitement and anticipation amongst Kenyans living abroad at the prospects of finally being able to vote come march 4th, the road to the voting booth came to an abrupt end following the governments decision to rule out the Diaspora vote. The decision was communicated to parliament in a ministerial statement read out by the Justice Minister Eugene Wamalwa who stated that the governments decision was precipitated by the IEBC's limitation both in terms of time and resources. But even before the dust had settled on the announcement, the IEBC Chairman Issack Hassan cast some ray of hope on the issue, when he came out to insist that the final decision was an IEBC prerogative and that the Diaspora had not been locked out yet contrary to the ministers statements. It was however a short-lived window of hope for the majority of the diaspora when the IEBC ruled that only Kenyans living in the East African region namely Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan would be facilitated to vote.