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Outcry over postponement of polls in Mombasa, Kakamega

Kakamega gubernatorial candidate Fernandes Barasa and his running mate Ayub Savula addressing media on August 18, 2022. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has been faulted for postponing elections in Kakamega and Mombasa counties.

In a press statement released on Wednesday, IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati said the elections alongside parliamentary races in Kitui rural, Kacheliba, Pokot South and Rongai scheduled for August 23 had been suspended, indefinitely.

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