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Let parties pick candidates instead of subjecting voters to two elections

If political party nominations are to be done through universal suffrage by secret ballot, which we have miserably tried, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) should do it with parties paying for the costs. I approached the IEBC with this proposal a few months ago, but I was turned down.

The reason I was given was that the IEBC was busy preparing for the General Election.

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