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Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich said the Government will use cash from the Contingency Fund to pay off the commissioners. (Photo: File)
It will cost taxpayers about Sh180 million to send the nine electoral commissioners home.
That package includes the foregone salaries and allowances, and gratuity pay for the years worked. MPs are now working on an 'honourable' exit package for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission bosses, who have 15 months on their contracts left, including the current one.
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