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IEBC: Voter listing extension costs Sh80m

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati. (Photo: Willis Awandu/Standard)

Orders by High Court judge Enock Chacha extending the voter registration to today will cost the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Sh80 million.

The commission led by Wafula Chebukati said the cost per day to conduct voter registration was Sh37.3 million. This includes Sh3.1 million to store Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits and charging batteries, Sh15.5 million to transport the kits across the country and Sh18.7 million to pay voter registration personnel.

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