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Ugandan authorities arrest IEBC clerks on Migingo Island

Kenyan and Ugandan police (in blue) manning Migingo Island located some miles deep in lake Victoria. Despite the island being a gazetted polling station,two clerks working for IEBC were on Tuesday arrested and detained by Ugandan police after they were assigned to register votes in the island. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

Ugandan authorities have arrested two clerks registering voters on Migingo Island for trespassing.

The two Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) clerks were accused of being in Uganda without permission.

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