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How IEBC bent over backwards to give Sh2.5b deal to Dubai firm

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati(C) with Commissioner Dr.Roselyn Akombe(L) and CEO Ezra Chiloba address a press conference at their office in Nairobi over the ballot papers tender. (Photo: Boniface Okendo/standard)

Officials of the electoral body bent over backwards to award the Sh2.5 billion ballot paper tender to the Dubai firm, raising fresh questions on the motivation.

It now emerges that Kenyans may be paying more than double the prices paid for a single ballot paper in both Uganda and Tanzania.

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