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Why our polls cost an arm and a leg

Ballot boxes in a hall at Tudor Secondary School in Mombasa County on October 25, 2017, as IEBC clerks sort out papers ahead of the repeat presidential election. [Maarufu Mohamed,Standard]

An ethnically-charged environment, mistrust among political players, increased use of technology and ballot papers with numerous security features are some of the factors that make elections expensive.

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