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Claims of rigging in favour of Al Ghurair stalked process for over a year

A journalist looking through ballot boxes and nomination papers dumped outside Jubilee headquaters office in Nakuru on April 22, 2017 after the nomination process was called off due to anomalies experienced. PHOTO BY SARAH OTIENO

Allegations that the electoral body was determined to award the controversial Sh2.5 billion tender to Al Ghurair of Dubai began emerging last year.

This is after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) technical evaluation committee identified the Dubai based firm as the only one technically qualified to deliver the tender in September.

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