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Kenya stops American organisation from educating voters

President Uhuru Kenyatta launches the upgrading of Malaba- Angurai Moding road during his tour in western on December 16, 2016. [Photo: BENJAMIN SAKWA/Standard]

Kenya has stopped an American NGO from educating voters, barely a week after President Uhuru Kenyatta alleged a plot by some foreign nations to rig the presidential elections next year.

NGOs Co-ordination Board Monday told International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) to immediately suspend its Sh2 billion engagement in the country's electoral process.

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