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Gazette Notice No. 12251 — Contributions and Spending Limits for Candidates and Political Parties for the General Election Scheduled to be held on 10th August, 2027

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Kenya Gazette notice
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Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission · Gazette Notices
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The essential point

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Gazette Notice 12251 publishes contribution and campaign-spending limits for the 10 August 2027 general election, covering presidential, county, constituency, ward and political-party campaigns and describing the formula and permitted expense categories used.

Evidence: Gazette Notice No. 12251, title, operative paragraph and schedule descriptions; retained PDF physical p. 1

Why it matters

It translates campaign-finance provisions into numeric caps at each electoral level and identifies the expense categories and contribution thresholds printed for candidates and parties.

Evidence: Gazette Notice No. 12251, title, operative paragraph and schedule descriptions; retained PDF physical p. 1

Open the key points and evidence

  1. The notice publishes contribution and spending limits for presidential, county, constituency, county assembly ward and political-party campaigns for the election scheduled on 10 August 2027.

    Gazette Notice No. 12251, title, operative paragraph and schedule descriptions; retained PDF physical p. 1

  2. Authorised expense categories include venues, publicity material, advertising, campaign personnel, transport, communication, nomination fees, security, accommodation and administration.

    Gazette Notice No. 12251, authorised items and activities; retained PDF physical p. 1

  3. The First Schedule prints a presidential campaign spending limit of KSh 6,112,543,133.

    Gazette Notice No. 12251, First Schedule; retained PDF physical p. 2

  4. The Fifth Schedule prints a political-parties spending limit of KSh 24,450,172,531.

    Gazette Notice No. 12251, Fifth Schedule total; retained PDF physical p. 27

  5. Contribution limits equal the relevant spending limits, while a single source is limited to twenty percent of total contributions in the schedules.

    Gazette Notice No. 12251, contribution limits; retained PDF physical p. 27

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