http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-97746/bvr-cancer-rumour-scares-voters
The
Star [Kenya]
30
November 2012
WESONGA
OCHIENG
Rumours
that the BVR [Biometric voter registration] kits can cause cancer have scared Mwakirunge slum dwellers from
registering as voters, IEBC chairman Isaack Hassan has said.
He
told the residents to ignore the rumours saying those spreading it want to
sabotage the voters registration in the region.
Residents
said the rumour, which surfaced soon after the start of the registration, has
caused panic and fear.
“A
rumor went round and most of them have refused to heed to the calls to register
as voters. They say the machine sucks blood form their fingers and it can cause
cancer,” said Rose Kazungu, a residents. [...]