“The limits were arrived at after extensive consultations with stakeholders including political parties, civil society, state agencies and the media. Updated Thu, August 11th 2016 at 14:10 GMT +3NAIROBI, KENYA: The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Thursday announced limits to contribution and spending by political parties and candidates in next year general election. The Commission therefore purposed to set the limits at a fairly permissive level to encourage conformity by candidates and political parties,” said Andrew Limo,Manager, Communication and Public Affairs. In a communication to Newsrooms, the poll body said it was guided by the political, sociological and environmental framework in determining the limits. In the new guidelines, the body capped expenditure by any political party in the 2017 poll at Sh15 billion and allowed presidential candidates to spend Sh 5.2 billion in the race to State House.

Source: Standard Digital August 11, 2016 11:15 UTC