Comedian-cum-politician Phelix Odiwuor alias Jalang’o has revealed his campaign budget for this year, which he says will be about Ksh 30M to Ksh 40 million.
Speaking in an interview with a local station, he said this election will be a bit expensive due to the pandemic that saw the economy sink.
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“It is not about handouts or anything like that, but for a well-oiled campaign, it would easily cost about Ksh30 million to Ksh 40 million. With this, you will be able to move into every single place and articulate your issues,” he said.
“This is going to be the most expensive election for any politician because we are coming from the pandemic and you can go to the ground to articulate issues out there but the situation forces you to go beyond selling your ideologies to giving food and help to people,” he noted.
Jalang’o is set to vie for the Lang’ata MP seat after winning the ODM party primaries.
Jalas says his friends are funding his campaigns as before he began, he hosted a fundraising event where his supporters donated.
“I had my fundraiser in December 2021 in which a few friends put in a good amount of money for me to start my campaigns, and from time to time I have also had support from my constituency in Langa’ta.”
Jalang’o takes a swipe at youths
Jalas decried the lack of support for young people seeking elective posts saying those vying for independent tickets have a hard time due to a lack of finances and influence.
According to him vying on a party ticket comes with a big advantage.
“The party is well-structured out there and makes it easy for you to even reach the people out there through its structures; the structures which make it easy for you to manoeuvre through the constituency and also make it better to have a party ticket than go independent.,” he said.
“You can’t deny how deep-rooted party politics is; it’s better to have a party ticket than go as an independent candidate.”
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