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IEBC slaps Lusaka with steep fine over poll violence

Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka before Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Electoral Code of Conduct Enforcement Committee.(Photo: David Njaaga/Standard)

Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka was Thursday ordered to pay a fine Sh1 million for breaching the electoral code of conduct.

The Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) also directed his opponent Wafula Wangamati to pay a similar amount over the violence that was witnessed in Bungoma town after the two submitted their nomination papers.

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