Many Kenyans have found themselves registered as members of different political parties without their consent. In a move to have Kenyans as their members, political parties have been using unscrupulous ways to register Kenyans including buying data.
How do you change if you are a member of a political party?
The whole process is online and it would take you between 30 seconds to 1 minute to find out about your political party registration status:
Go to the ORPP website.
On the main menu, click on Political Parties
Click on Political Party Membership
Enter your identification number (ID) or Passport number
Now, say you have been registered without your consent, how do you get deregistered? Deregistration is not an easy task and mostly you may give up along the way because of the process and frustrations.
The first option requires you to write a letter of resignation opting out of that particular party and then copying it to the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties. This often doesn’t work because no political party would let you leave. You are at their mercy.
The other option is to write an objection to the party and copy the letter to the registrar’s office, where the matter will be followed up promptly to ensure you have been deregistered. Also, the political parties might ignore this unless the Registrar of Political Parties orders them to.
Now, the only way to remain safe and avoid this trouble is to make sure that you are not registered. This is difficult but there are ways you can use to minimize this:
Avoid leaving your ID numbers and correct names when entering buildings (Nairobi especially)
Avoid downloading apps that need your ID numbers, names, locations, etc (mobile loan apps)
Avoid sharing your personal information with other people.
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