5.4 million to vote in grassroots polls

KIGALI - The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has released tentative figures of registered voters who will cast their votes in forthcoming local leaders’ elections, which indicate that, 5,417,886 people have so far been registered. The elections are scheduled to take place between February and March and according to the Executive Secretary of NEC, Charles Munyaneza, the number is expected to either decrease or increase, after the updating of the lists.