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Kigali to spend $10.9m on 2010 election
Officials wait for vote tallying at a poll station in Kenya last week. Rwanda has said the number of polling stations is expected to increase to 16,000 from the 15,378 used in the 2008 parliamentary elections. Picture:Jacob Owiti
Posted Monday, August 31 2009 at 00:00
Umuhoza could actually be barred by the new draft electoral law which states that all individuals intending to contest for the presidency will have to be residents in the country at the time and possess a national ID.
They will also be required to posses a “clean” legal background and strictly have one nationality (Rwandan) or relinquish their other nationalities.
The draft which is currently undergoing a “cleaning process” and yet to be approved by the two chambers of parliament also states that those intending to stand must also hold a birth certificate issued at least three months before the election by a competent government authority.
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