Kiss 100 presenter and Lang’ata MP hopeful Felix Odiwuor alias Jalang’o has broken down his campaign budget that is set to cost him over Sh50 million.
Speaking in a recent interview with Robert Alai, Jalas said that the team coming up with the strategy had come to the conclusion that vying for the Lang’ata MP seat would be a costly affair.
“I was just talking with my team the other day and we were talking about how much this campaign would easily cost us. We were almost getting to Sh50 million.
“Easily at Ksh50 million because we were talking about the number of voters and wards in my constituency Lang’ata. Say t-shirts alone. You want at least 1,000 people to wear them in each ward. I have 157,000 voters. So if you are able to get to least 50% of that we are talking about crazy, crazy money,” he said.
Jalang’o also explained that the high cost of running a campaign was the reason many politicians become corrupt in order to recoup their money.
Also said that Kenyans have the habit of asking politicians for money and in some cases, create fake emergencies in order to get donations.
“A typical example, a group of young men create a Whatsapp group and put a list of contributions for an alleged funeral and add a few waheshimiwa who have contributed so the pressure to match the amounts hits you,” he narrated.
