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IEBC: Kenya voter turnout at 56 percent an hour to polls closing

Residents queue to cast their votes at the Kenyatta Sports Ground polling station in Kisumu County.

Residents queue to cast their votes at the Kenyatta Sports Ground polling station in Kisumu County on August 9, 2022. PHOTO | TONNY OMONDI | NMG

By  SILAS APOLLO

Update

The electoral commission has said 12.065 million Kenyans had voted by 4 pm, with only one hour left to the official polling stations closing time of 5 pm.

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