Kenyans in U.S. Stripped of Overseas Vote
Posted: Nov 28, 2012
On the heels of Pres. Barack Obama’s struggle to defend the voting rights of U.S. citizens, Kenyan officials announced this week that the hundreds of thousands of Kenyans in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere outside the country would not be allowed to vote.
National elections are scheduled to take place in March 2013 for President, Senators, County Governors, Members of Parliament, among others.
In the nine months ending September 2012, Kenyans working abroad sent nearly one billion in U.S. dollars (74.4 Kenyan Shillings) to help their relatives at home, and invest in real estate projects among other investments. Kenyans living abroad have also started investing in government securities targeted at them, such as infrastructure bonds and the savings bonds.
The largest percentage of remittances comes from the US.
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