Having delayed implementing the Elections Campaign Financing Act (2013) for eight years, plans maybe underway to kill it altogether. Now imagine six-level voting across 290 constituencies without strong campaign financing rules next year. It is in this this context that all of us need to look at the Jeremiah Kioni and Peter Kaluma sponsored Election Campaign Financing (Amendment) Bill (2021) very closely. If a level playing field and freedom of choice is critical to democracy, we must strengthen, not weaken the 2013 Elections Campaign Financing Act. Tightening election campaign financing rules will reduce electoral violence and corruption.

Source: Standard Digital July 31, 2021 21:00 UTC