'Hustlers' vs dynastiesDeputy President William Ruto, Odinga's main rival for the top job, has come under fire for using choppers to chase votes while giving his supporters wheelbarrows. Parliament in August 2021 rejected a proposal to cap presidential campaign spending to the equivalent of $38 million per candidate. There were 67 choppers registered to civilians in the country by the end of 2020, former Kenya Civil Aviation Authority director general Gilbert Kibe told AFP. Data from the South African Revenue Service however showed that Kenya imported 325 helicopters from that country alone in 2020. With corruption endemic in Kenya, businessman Samuel Onyango Wala called for investigators to check the candidates' campaign spending sprees.

Source: Daily Nation July 15, 2022 05:50 UTC