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Bloggers have become guns for hire

Political bloggers’ content cannot be trusted, they are not guided by any professional code of conduct and can be intrusive

With roughly five months to the General Election, politicians are not leaving anything to chance.

One tactic being employed by politicians, especially in Nyanza, is the use of bloggers as influencers to package the wanasiasa as sellable candidates to social media audiences.

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