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Kenya: State Now Bars Donors From Funding Elections

[Nation] The government is moving to curb the influence foreign money in elections by blocking direct financing of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) ahead of the 2022 polls.

Source: allAfrica.com

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