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Ballot papers begin to arrive as polls near

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chief Executive Officer Ezra Chiloba during the launch of Public Forum to assess Kenya's readiness for the August 2017 General election in a Nairobi hotel on 18/07/2017. Photo by WILLIS AWANDU

Ballot papers started arriving in the country last night as preparations for the August polls entered their final phase.

The voting papers for the governor, senator, and woman representative positions arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on a Saudi Air flight, signalling that the preparations by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) were in top gear.

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