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Polling clerks and agents keep vigil at a Kiambu polling station during a Jubilee Party nominations on April 25. Political parties want to hire agents to man each polling station in the General Elections. [Photo: File, Standard]
Political parties are scrambling to recruit agents to man the polls as it emerges that they would be a key factor in winning the presidential election as effects of Friday’s ruling by the Court of Appeal starts being felt.
Indications are that this could cost over Sh1 billion for the two main contenders in the presidential race, Jubilee and NASA, and this figure may soar, considering there are six other presidential candidates.
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