More than 8,000 prison officers contracted by the IEBC to provide security during the general election are up in arms over failure by the body to pay them. The officers who manned the 33, 000 polling stations have accused the IEBC for undue delay in paying them. The officers accused the commission of favourism by paying other staff including, the regular police, while delaying their payment. “The commission has silent on our payment todate. It has been two months since we did that job and they promised to pay us but nothing has been forthcoming,” said one of the officers who requested...
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