Our elections need not cost an arm and a leg

Democracy is expensive but the cost should never be this steep for a poor country like Kenya. [File, Standard]

Last month, the electoral agency’s chief Wafula Chebukati told the nation that he needs Sh40.9 billion to conduct the 2022 General Election. That is a huge sum of money. But it is less by 9.9 billion compared to the amount spent in the 2017 General Election.