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IEBC to invite fresh bids for ballot paper tender after court’s ruling

By Geoffrey Mosoku | Feb. 25, 2017

IEBC Chief Executive Officer Ezra Chiloba. (Wilberforce Okwiri/Standard)

The Independent Electoral and Boundary Commission (IEBC) has rescinded its decision to appeal a ruling that cancelled a Sh2.5 billion tender for ballot paper printing. A full commission meeting held on Thursday last week, resolved to abandon court battles and instead advertise afresh the tender that had been awarded to Dubai based firm.

A member of the commission told The Standard on Saturday that the electoral agency had reviewed the option of an appeal vis a vis complying with Justice George Odunga’s order to re-tender the contract.

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