- Title: Kenya gears up for presidential election
- Date: 6th August 2017
- Summary: NAIROBI, KENYA (AUGUST 6, 2017) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF SCHOOL WHERE BALLOT BOXES ARE BEING STORED BEFORE BEING DEPLOYED TO POLLING STATIONS POLLING STAFF SITTING WAITING TO RECEIVE ELECTORAL MATERIAL BALLOT BOXES INSIDE THE BUILDING STAFF WITH VOTING INSTRUCTION POSTERS INSTRUCTION POSTERS BEING PUT IN BOXES SIGN ON BALLOT BOX READING "ECK BALLOT BOX' (ELECTORAL COMMISSION KENYA - FORMER NAME FOR THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION) VARIOUS OF ELECTORAL STAFF WORKING RETURNING OFFICER, BEATRICE SAKIMULI, WALKING PAST WORKERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) CONSTITUENCY RETURNING OFFICER, BEATRICE SAKIMULI, SAYING: "In terms of preparedness we are prepared, we have all (the) strategic materials with us, we have all the election officials, we have trained them, and therefore we are ready to go, come the 8th of August." POLICEMAN GUARDING BALLOT BOXES POLICEMAN'S GUN BALLOT BOX FOR VOTES FOR PRESIDENT
- Embargoed: 20th August 2017 15:48
- Keywords: Kenya presidential election August 8 ballot boxes electoral commission election officials
- Location: NAIROBI, KENYA
- City: NAIROBI, KENYA
- Country: Kenya
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA0016T0Q1XJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said on Sunday (August 6) it was ready for election day.
The IECB was delivering the last ballot boxes and voting material in Nairobi ahead of the August 8 general election.
More than 19 million people are registered to vote. This time, there will be just under twice the number of polling stations available than what there were during the 2013 vote.
Pollsters say the 2017 race is too close to call, and the murder of a top election official and repeated accusations of rigging by the opposition leader, Raila Odinga, have raised fears that political protests could once again degenerate into ethnic violence.
Kenyans will vote for the president and also for governors, senators, women's representatives, members of parliament and members of the county assemblies. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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