Kenyan military will be deployed to protect telecommunication masts in five frontier counties during the August 8 election to prevent possible disruption of the network that will be used to relay results to the national tallying centre in Nairobi, police said Tuesday.
Charles Owino, the police spokesman, said the soldiers are being deployed in Lamu, Tana River, Garissa, Wajir and Mandera, which border Somalia, in a move that will cost taxpayers Sh1.5 billion.
