The High Court in Eldoret on Monday ordered the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to continue with the enhanced voter registration exercise.
According to a voter Patrick Cherono, who filed a petition, the IEBC had not met its target of registering about six million new voters.
The enhanced voter registration was set to end on November 2.
Through his lawyer Kairia Nabasenge, Cherono sued the IEBC and Parliament, which is supposed to provide funding to the commission.
The case will be heard on November 9 and the orders will remain in place until then, Justice Eric Ogolla said on Monday.
The figures released by the IEBC by the end of the third week showed that only 800,462 new voters had been listed against a total target of about six million.
It is believed that the causes of the low turnout include apathy, lack of ID cards and apparent lack of motivation, especially among the youth.
There were 19.61 million registered voters in 2017.
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