By OSCAR OBONYOMore by this AuthorIf he were to rise from the dead today, founding President Jomo Kenyatta would be shocked at the gruelling campaigns and huge sums of money his son and other candidates are spending in the race for State House. And at midday, with obviously no other aspirant in sight, the president would be declared re-elected – without spending a penny! In the 2013 presidential election, for instance – when Mr Uhuru Kenyatta and Mr Raila Odinga were frontrunners as they are now – some estimates put the amount spent in campaigns at Sh20 billion. POLITICAL CAREERMr Pattni also said he had given deputy party leader Paul Muite Sh20 million – damaging the respected lawyer’s reputation and political career. Dubbed “one-million-a-plate-lunch”, the Mwai Kibaki campaign in 2007 easily raised Sh100 million during a luncheon at Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi.

Source: Daily Nation June 10, 2017 23:15 UTC