Mombasa

Outgoing Mombasa Governor, Hassan Joho who showed up at the Mvita Primary School polling station also decried the low voter turnout and urged the electorate ...

''Despite the government having declared Monday a public holiday to allow voters to vote, it has still not sunk in well with the majority who have chosen to stay away. ''Voters have generally lost confidence in the whole process after they failed to elect their preferred governor. ''I know who my favourite candidate for the governor seat is. Hassan Boflo, a resident of Mvita, who was among the first people to cast their ballot at the Mvita Primary School, said that he was taken through the whole process before casting his vote in a record three minutes. "We are seeing a very slow start. Haki Africa, a civil society group accredited to monitor the elections in Mombasa county through its Deputy Director, Salma Ahmed said that the low voter turnout could be attributed to the postponement of the exercise on August 9 and 23. The bungled presidential election results being contested in the Supreme Court has also led to a lack of interest among the electorate here,'' said Salma. [Hassan Joho](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/article/2001453816/railas-allies-risk-being-in-political-cold-after-azimio-loss-in-elections), who also voted at Mvita Primary School polling station, decried the low voter turnout and urged the electorate to come out and vote. I am urging female voters to quickly come to the various polling stations to vote,'' said Chege. Speaking after casting his vote at the Mvita Primary School, Nassir said that events of the August 9 general election where voters were disappointed after a mix-up of ballot papers led to the postponement of the governor race. Sabina Chege told women who form the bulk of voters in Mombasa to come out to vote first before resuming their house chores. [Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/coast/article/2001454227/nassir-omar-jostle-for-mombasa-top-seat-as-joho-factor-looms-large) urging the electorate to come out and vote.