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The dailies on Monday, August 8, broadly reported on the General Elections Kenyans will partake in on Tuesday, August 9.
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One of the publications also revealed the millions of money Tanzanian music ace Diamond Platnumz pocketed after a riveting performance at the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party's final rally at the Moi Kasarani Sports Center, Nairobi.
The daily established that Tanzanian music sensation Diamond Platnumz flew out of Kenya with cash in the neighbourhood of KSh 12 million after a 10-minute performance at the Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi.
The musician was on Saturday, August 6, contracted by the Azimio La Umoja Coalition to perform at the political outfit's final rally before Tuesday's polls.
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A source revealed to Daily Nation that the amount was offset by a Tanzanian tycoon who has ties with Azimio.
Diamond is said to charge not less than $70,000 (KSh 8 million) for shows outside Tanzania and $50,000 (KSh 6 million) for shows within Tanzania.
For Azimio, Diamond stood at $100,000 (KSh 11.9 million) before he could jet in to perform.
The negotiations, as Daily Nation reports, were spearheaded by Mombasa governor Hassan Joho.
Diamond's performance has since irked a section of Kenyan musicians who argued one of their own should have been contracted to perform.
The singer tweaked some of his songs to incorporate Raila Odinga and his presidential running mate Martha Karua.
It will not be mandatory for a Kenyan voter to mark all the six ballot papers presented to them before proceeding to the polling booth.
Six elective posts are up for grabs; the Kenyan electorate will be voting for the president, county governors, senators and women representatives, member of the National Assembly and member of the county assembly.
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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has however clarified that it is not a must for one to mark all the ballot papers.
The voter would however be required to drop the six papers into the respective ballot boxes.
One could therefore vote for the presidential candidate of their choice and yet shun the others.
This is a move by the IEBC to deal with one of the legal issues that informed the decision of the Supreme Court to annul the 2017 presidential results.
The elections management body in the country has said it is ready to organise the much-awaited Tuesday's elections.
The IEBC has been racing against time to ensure that the essential voting materials and infrastructure are at the polling stations across the country on time.
The agency is said to have pumped upwards of KSh 40 billion into Tuesday's countrywide exercise and will bank on technology for credible polls.
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The Star reported on the goings-on before the Tuesday polls.
The leading presidential candidates on Sunday, August 7, spent time in churches ahead of the general election.
This was a day after the close of the political campaigns that run for the past three months.
In the company of family members and allies, Raila and Karua attended an interdenominational prayer service held at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), Nairobi.
The Azimio team is confident it will take the lead on Tuesday.
On his part, Deputy President William Ruto and the Kenya Kwanza fraternity were in Kayole, Nairobi where they attended a church service at the Jesus Teaching Ministry presided over by pastor Peter Manyuru.
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Both Ruto and Raila have pledged to reach out to each other after the polls, the deputy president terming it a "cup of tea" moment.
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The Swahili publication reported on the interview President Uhuru Kenyatta had with the central Kenyan vernacular stations ta State House Nairobi.
The interview however did not sit well with the Kenya Kwanza faction which blasted the president for campaigning for the Azimio presidential candidate even after the lapse of the campaign period.
They said Uhuru was contravening the IEBC stipulation on the campaign deadline.
Murang'a senator Irungu Kang'ata said the president was out of order to woo the Mt Kenya electorate to rally behind Raila past the campaign period.
However, the president defended himself saying that he had every right to speak well of a candidate he has so much confidence in.
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