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Why the voting ink is violet... and only fades after two weeks

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The by-elections held early this year in Kericho and Malindi are now happily behind us and the voting ink has since dried on the small finger.

That ink, for one, doesn’t dry easily and stays put for one week or so no matter the scrubbing. Not even with pumice stones best reserved for heels with coin-size cracks.

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