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Kenya’s 2027 elections: The cost of unregulated campaign finance

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By Winnie V. Mitullah, Oscar Otele, Karuti Kanyinga
| Brookings Institution
The context On February 8, 2026, Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announced that it was finalizing the electoral calendar for the upcoming elections in August 2027. If past experience is any indication, these campaigns will be the most expensive in the country’s history. The 2017 general elections saw presidential candidates spend the equivalent of nearly $39 million, while gubernatorial candidates spent around $5 million.
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What Gen Z protests reveal about Kenya’s democracy

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By Winnie V. Mitullah, Oscar Otele, Karuti Kanyinga
| Brookings Institution
Kenya’s democratic resilience is best understood not as a linear success story, but as the uneven outcome of three interacting—and frequently strained—forms of accountability: vertical, horizontal, and diagonal. Vertical accountability includes two interrelated mechanisms of political competition—elections and political parties—while horizontal refers to the balance of power among the executive, legislature, judiciary, and oversight bodies.
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Building resilient democracies: Campaign finance issues and reforms in Kenya

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By Oscar Otele, Karuti Kanyinga, Winnie V. Mitullah
| Brookings Institution
Election financing is a key determinant of election outcomes (Destri, 2022; Mendilow 2018). Consequently, its effective management has implications for Kenya’s democratic resilience. To unearth the nature of election campaign financing in Kenya, this paper first provides context by discussing money, politics, and democratic accountability.
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