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Media warms up to political cash

An electoral official takes stock of new ballot boxes. Advertising spending by politicians is expected to rise [Photo: Mbugua Kibera/ Standard]

By Jackson Okoth

A leading presidential candidate in Kenya’s March 2013 polls is reportedly to have snapped up all available billboards of a major outdoor advertising company.

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