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Kenya's August 8 elections on course after IEBC gets $204m

Kenya’s electoral body is now in a better financial position to hold the August 8 general election, after Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich allocated it $204 million.

This adds up to $388 million after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) received $184 million in the last financial year. The IEBC had asked for $429 million after increasing the number of polling stations from 31,000 in 2013 to 44,000.

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