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Ndolo arrested for assaulting polling officials

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation:: "Former Makadara MP Reuben Ndolo and an aspirant for Sirisia Constituency were Friday arrested after causing chaos during the vote counting exercise.
It is alleged that Ndolo assaulted election officials at the Railway Training School in Makadara constituency, pulling down ballot boxes and a table used by the returning officer.
Ndolo was protesting the inclusion of four ballot boxes that he claimed had been tampered with and which had been brought into the counting hall unaccompanied by polling agents.
Meanwhile controversy continued to mar vote counting in Nairobi's seven constituencies disrupting the exercise.
By 6pm Friday only Langata constituency had announced its results."

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