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Kenya to pay Sh20 for each ballot paper, others paid Sh10

Kenya is paying more than twice the price paid by neighbours for a ballot paper, and many times the cost of printing currency notes.

At slightly over Sh20 per piece, on average, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) could have granted hefty profits to Dubai's Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing Company.

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