Nairobi PE’s Last Voter Father Deem Virtudazo who has lived in Kenya for 7 years

Nairobi, Kenya- As the Embassy of the Philippines in Nairobi closed for voting at exactly 13:00H in Kenya, which corresponds to the 6:00pm closing of poll precincts in Manila, Ambassador Alex G. Chua expressed that he is “proud of our modest 18% voter turnout, considering that our kababayans came from the far reaches of East Africa to cast their ballots personally.”

“I am amazed that people travel far and wide just to do their duty to their country. We have voters from Rwanda and Somalia purposefully travelling to Kenya, just to cast their votes”, Ambassador Chua continued.

The 18% voter turnout is 2% higher than the last mid-term elections in 2013, which is high considering the unpredictable migration pattern of Filipinos in East Africa.

Increased votes may be attributed to the field voting conducted by the Embassy in three countries within its jurisdiction, namely, Seychelles, Uganda and Tanzania.

Countries in Nairobi PE’s jurisdiction include Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Uganda, and United Republic of Tanzania.

Nairobi is one of the Posts which COMELEC assigned to use Personal Mode of Voting, whereby voters personally appear at the Philippine Embassy to cast their ballots.