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AFP – Some 14.3 million Kenyans have registered as voters for the general elections due in March 2013, the Kenyan electoral body said on Thursday. A total of 14,337,399 voters signed up during the registration exercise that opened on November 19th and ended on Tuesday, according to a statement.