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Huge step as presidential ballot papers arrive

Pellets carrying the presidential ballots being loaded at the Al Ghurair Factory in Dubai. [Geofrey Mosuku]

The first batch of presidential ballot papers arrives in the country on Monday. Ballots packages for 190 constituencies left Al Ghurair printing firm in Dubai for Kenya in an exercise witnessed by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officials, representatives of presidential candidates, stakeholders and journalists.

The materials will spend two nights at the Sharjah Airport before being loaded on Saudi Air cargo to Nairobi. A second plane is expected in Nairobi on Tuesday.

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