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Wafula Chebukati, police under fire for airport arrest over election materials

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati during an interview at his Anniversary office, Nairobi on Wednesday. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Questions swirled around the electoral commission yesterday as the police released from custody a foreigner arrested on Thursday and detained on suspicion of entering the country in possession of 2022 election stickers.

Police yesterday released a Venezuelan national they detained on Thursday after as he flew into the country two dozens of election stickers hidden in his personal bag. While releasing the suspect, the police still insisted that the manner in which the cargo arrived in the country was improper as the stickers were neither declared as required by law nor accompanied by an official from the commission as is the routine procedure.

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