Voter Education for the 2007 Elections

The Electoral Commission of Kenya, with support from the 2007 Joint Donor Assistance Programme of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is implementing a voter education programme in support of the 2007 General Elections in Kenya. The programme aims to provide Kenyans with information on key aspects of the electoral process and empower them to exercise their rights and responsibilities during the general elections. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) with experience in carrying out voter education are undertaking this with the ECK.

So far, a total of 42 NGOs have been selected throughout the country to conduct voter education. The 42 were selected from a total of over 500 NGOs that applied to conduct voter education. The criteria was based on inter alia; non-partisanship, track record in good financial and project management and experience in conducting voter education. The process commenced with training of facilitators before deployment to carry out voter education throughout the whole country using a variety of voter education and information materials.

Murals done by Sanaa Art Promotions (SAP) for the Kenya 2007 Elections Voters Education Programme. The two murals are in Embu and Nyeri town respectively.