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IEBC Chairperson Erastus Edung Ethekon

Why MPs rejected IEBC plan to increase number of voters in polling stations

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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Chairperson, Erastus Ethekon.

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By  Samwel Owino

Reporter

Nation Media Group

MPs have rejected a proposal by the electoral commission to increase the number of voters per polling station from 700 to 1,000.

The lawmakers cited the agency’s failure to increase the number of polling stations, which would be needed to accommodate the increase in voters.

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