Nairobi governor-elect, Johnson Arthur Sakaja, revealed that he spent Ksh15 million on agents during the August 9 elections. Sakaja was speaking during an interview on Citizen TV, where he criticised the complicatedness of the Kenyan electoral process. Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja during the Nairobi City County Gubernatorial debate on Monday, July 11, 2022. Kenyans.co.keThe Nairobi governor-elect stated that he spent Ksh15 million to pay his 3,643 agents across the various polling stations in the county. The wage bill was among the key drivers of costly elections in Kenya and the Commission spent Ksh6 billion on over 11,000 temporary employees.

Source: Daily Nation August 24, 2022 04:50 UTC