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Bribes and Arrests: Embakasi South By Election Turns Dramatic

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Nyakundi Report

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This archive report was first published on 18 August 2019.

August 18, 2019, marked a dramatic turn in the Embakasi South by-election as agents affiliated with Wiper candidate Julius Mawathe were arrested for bribing voters.

According to eyewitnesses, the hawk-eyed public and officials from the ODM Party tipped off the police, who subsequently arrested the individuals at a polling station in Pipeline.

ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna was on the ground overseeing the by-election on behalf of the ODM Party.

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