The Judiciary requires more than Sh966 million to handle election petitions likely to arise from the August polls.

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The funds are expected to cater for transfer of judges to stations with a high number of petitions, training of staff and other logistics.

But the Judiciary hopes that the Government will release the funds meant for the Election Dispute Resolution (EDR), given that it did not give a single cent for the 2013 elections.

The upcoming elections are expected to be hotly contested considering the number of political parties involved.