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Marsabit politicians and chiefs giving Ethiopian immigrants IDs, say State investigators

 

In a shocking revelation about how politicians take national security for granted, government agencies are investigating claims that some politicians in Marsabit County are ‘importing’ voters from across the border as they prepare for the 2017 polls.

Investigators are zeroing in on chiefs and their assistants who are allegedly used by  politicians to issue Ethiopians with Kenyan national identity cards so they can help tilt the scales in their favour in the next polls.

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