The cost of conducting polls per registered voter stands at Sh2,546. [David Gichuru, Standard]
Details of exaggerated prices of poll materials and infighting among top officials over multi-million shilling tenders has exposed the electoral agency to funds wastage. Details of wastage in the Auditor General reports and the jailing of British printing firm director Nicholas Smith – who was found guilty of bribing top electoral officials to win ballot printing contract – show the rot in tendering processes.