[File,Standard]A new study has exposed the confusion money has wrought on politics, revealing the actual spending of candidates and warning that politics in Kenya risks being overrun by money. However, money is not the only consideration as running on the dominant party also tends to propel unlikely candidates to victory. But it also shed light on the actual motivation of political candidates, salaries and allowances being the least of them. Whereas elected officials used to be the link between the government and the voters at the local level, the Constitution has now squarely placed them at oversight. But their understanding of the role of elected officials has not changed,” it says.

Source: Standard Digital July 25, 2021 19:55 UTC