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The essential point
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The text says the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, acting under section 29 of the Election Campaign Financing Act, makes the Election Campaign Financing Regulations, 2026, beginning with preliminary provisions.
Evidence: Instrument authority and Part I heading; retained PDF physical p. 1 (OCR)
Why it matters
It helps readers locate the reporting path described by the text: authorised persons would submit both preliminary and final expenditure reports to the Commission using Form ECF 6.
Evidence: Regulation 21(1); retained PDF physical p. 9 (OCR)
Open the key points and evidence
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For a general election, the text places the expenditure period from at least six months before election day to the fourteenth day after the election ends.
Regulation 3(a); retained PDF physical p. 2 (OCR) -
The text describes a separate campaign bank account in a registered deposit-taking financial institution domiciled in Kenya.
Regulation 10(1); retained PDF physical p. 4 (OCR) -
Under the text, each authorised person would prepare and submit preliminary and final expenditure reports to the Commission in Form ECF 6.
Regulation 21(1); retained PDF physical p. 9 (OCR) -
Under the text, the Commission could seek information, direct corrections or further audit, and investigate possible breaches while scrutinising expenditure reports.
Regulation 22(1); retained PDF physical p. 10 (OCR) -
Under the text, a candidate, political party or referendum committee exceeding five million shillings in campaign expenses during an expenditure period would have a registered auditor prepare a report for submission to the Commission.
Regulation 26; retained PDF physical p. 11 (OCR)
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