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After hacking uproar, focus turns to how polls integrity can be protected

Voters queue to vote during the 2022 General election voting at Uhuru Gardens primary school, Langata constituency, Nairobi. August 2022. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Kenyans saw the fierce competition between President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga firsthand during last year's presidential election, characterised by mud-slinging and political shenanigans.

But what the public didn't know at the time was that foreign individuals thousands of miles away and in the comfort of their office were trying to allegedly tilt the outcome of the elections in favour of one candidate.

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