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IEBC receives first batch of ballot papers, presidential will be last

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati (center) inspects a pellet containing ballot papers. [Denish Ochieng', Standard] 

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) yesterday received the first batch of ballot papers for senator, governor and woman representative.

At the same time, electoral commission chairman Wafula Chebukati defended the printing of ballot papers before gazetting all candidates, saying that they had submitted the list of candidates to the Government Printer on June 30, but could not be published due to paper overload.

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