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Politicians employ huge financial resources in campaigns

The race to State House has committed presidential aspirants to cutthroat competition, with most criss-crossing the country in helicopters to popularise their bids.

It is a mad rush that perhaps exposed Internal Security minister and PNU presidential aspirant George Saitoti to calamity two weeks ago. Even as he boarded the ill-fated chopper, alongside Assistant Minister Orwa Ojode, Saitoti was not the only high-profile politician at Nairobi’s Wilson Airport.

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