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On Thursday, July 7, the national dailies broadly covered the politics around the August 9 General Election, with claims emerging that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) could bungle the vote.
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One of the dailies also highlighted the pain a family in Limuru is still grappling with after the death of their kin whose car crashed on the Nairobi Expressway late last month.
The family of James Njenga is yet to come to terms with his death days after his burial.
Njenga met his tragic end on June 26 after his car crashed at the Mulolongo entrance of the recently launched Nauerobi Expressway.
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The man, a University of Nairobi alumnus, worked as a government valuer based in Marsabit county; he graduated from UoN in 2018 with a degree in real estate management.
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He left behind a young wife who is still in a distraught state following her husband's death; she is an expectant mother.
Njenga was buried on July 1 at their Ndeiya home in the Limuru sub-county, Kiambu county.
The Standard spotlighted the pressure that continues to pile on the Wafula Chebukati-led IEBC as it prepares to deliver the general election next month.
Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga has threatened to boycott the oncoming vote if the commission fails to provide for a physical voters register.
Speaking during an Azimio la Umoja rally in Kiambu County on Wednesday, July 6, Raila alleged that the electoral agency is hiding behind the use of the biometric register to interfere with the credibility of the election.
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The former prime minister insisted that he would not back down on his demand for a physical voter register as a complementary identification mechanism.
The ODM leader also retaliated claims by Junet Mohamed, the Azimio la Umoja secretary-general, that IEBC and Ford Kenya leaders were planning to print extra ballot papers and stuff them with the intent of rigging Deputy President into the state house.
The commission had held that the electronic register would be the primary document to be used at the polling centres.
However, during a consultative meeting with the presidential candidates on June 30, Chebukati hinted at the commission using the manual register as a last resort.
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The publication highlighted the recent accidents that have occurred on the Nairobi Expressway.
As a measure to curb the accidents that were now becoming rampant, the government sanctioned a temporary ban for the Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) from operating on the high road.
This follows two consecutive accidents involving matatus along the recently launched multi-billion shilling infrastructure.
Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia announced that matatus and PSVs carrying more than seven passengers have been temporarily restricted from using the elevated road.
The CS further explained that the move is meant to give the government more time to look into the cause of accidents on the road and lay out proper safety measures to ensure the PSVs cruise safely on the expressway.
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Since it was launched, the expressway has received praises and ridicule in equal measure.
The recent accidents have, however, drawn the keen interest of Kenyans trying to fathom the reasons behind consistent accidents on the road.
On the morning of Wednesday, July 6, 2022, a super metro bus overturned at the expressway in Westlands.
On Monday, July 4, 2022, CCTV footage captured a speeding matatu ramming into the toll station and hitting another private vehicle in front of it.
The daily spared space for the ongoing intrigues of the August 9 polls as the IEBC gets itself at the centre of controversies.
Suna East MP Junet Mohammed sensationally claimed that the commission is holding clandestine meetings with Kenya Kwana luminaries with the intent of rigging the presidential vote.
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Junet, a top brass member in Azimio, claimed that Chebukati has been meeting with Bungoma senator Moses Wetang'ula to deliberate on stealing votes on behalf of the deputy president.
He claimed that the commission awarded the tender for ballot paper printing to a Greek farm that he alleged is kinked to Wetang'ula.
According to Junet, the Greek firm would ship ballot papers to Uganda, mark and later sneak them into Kenya.
Wetabg'ula has since disputed the claims and is now contemplating institution a legal suit against Junet and his backers.
The electoral agency is yet to address the claims.
The Swahili publication reported about Ruto's claims there are leaders in Azimio La Umoja supporting his state house bid.
Speaking in Marsabit county during his series of campaigns, the deputy president alleged that a host of leaders are secretly supporting him but have however resorted to hiding in Azimio for reasons best known to them.
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He said that the leaders would be harassed by state operatives should they come out in the light and openly declare their support for his presidential candidature.
Ruto is making his first stab at the presidency, and he will be taking on Raila, who is making his fifth attempt at the country's highest office.
Other candidates are George Wajackoyah and David Mwaure of the Roots and Agano parties respectively.
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