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Two IEBC officials arrested in Nairobi for trying to destroy presidential ballot papers

Ballot papers at a store in Kisii. IEBC officials were arrested after gaining access to ballot papers at Embakasi Girls, Nairobi. Photo: Jonah Onyango, Standard

Three people including two Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission officials were at the weekend arrested for trying to alter results of the just concluded election at a centre in Nairobi.

Sixteen ballot boxes with presidential election results were allegedly destroyed and materials altered in the incident on Saturday.

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