In a dramatic showdown that has sent shockwaves through Kenya’s electoral machinery, Parliament has flatly rejected the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission’s (IEBC) aggressive push to balloon the 2027 General Election budget from Sh43 billion to a whopping Sh63.95 billion.
The rejection, delivered today during presentations to the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs (JLAC), underscores growing parliamentary impatience with ballooning public spending amid Kenya’s razor-thin fiscal space.
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