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	Podcast:		More or Less: Behind the Stats
	Episode:		Why is Kenya’s election so expensive?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:08:58
	Publish Date:		2017-08-07 07:55:00
	Description:		On Tuesday Kenyans go to the polls to elect members of parliament and the next president. A report in Quartz Africa has estimated that the cost of putting on the election by the Government works out at around $25 per head – $480 million in total. It also estimated that it cost Rwanda $1 a head, and Uganda $4 a head to lay on elections. Recently an expert on this programme estimated that the UK General election cost about $4 a head. We explore why there is such a difference in the amounts spent.
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