Millions of dollars at play as Kenyans go into their most expensive election yet
Kenya's opposition Nasa principals (from left: Kalonzo Musyoka, Moses Wetang'ula, Isaac Ruto, Musalia Mudavadi, and Raila Odinga) at Uhuru Park in Nairobi on April 27, 2017. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
International propagandists, bulging campaign kitties and investments in modern technology are the key factors driving the campaigns of Kenya’s main political groupings — the Jubilee Party and National Super Alliance — in the run-up to the August 8 polls.
Both Jubilee and Nasa have crafted classy campaign strategies, whose implementation, analysts said, will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to implement beginning May 28, when the official campaign period kicks off.
