Sunday
February 3, 2013 - Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Deputy Prime
Minister Uhuru Kenyatta are they two protagonists who are battling out for the
presidency after President Mwai Kibaki exits on March 4th.
It is a fact that either Raila or Uhuru will become the
fourth President of Kenya.
It is also evident that the two political rivals have mobilised
billions of shillings to woo voters across the country so that one can clinch
the top most coveted seat in the country.
We at the Kenyan DAILY POST went ahead to investigate the
size of the campaign machinery both Raila and Uhuru have mounted on the ground.
Here are facts about Raila and Uhuru campaign machinery;
RAILA AMOLLO ODINGA: Prime Minister Raila Odinga
is making his third stab at the Presidency. The size of his campaign machinery
reaches to a tune of billions. Raila Odinga campaign secretariat has hired four
branded choppers and two fixed –wing aircraft to move candidates and key staff
over the next one month. A total of 135 four wheel drive vehicles including land
rovers, landcruisers, pickups, motorcycles and also ad-trucks have been hired.
Source of the money: Raila Odinga campaign machinery
is being funded by Western nations including US and Britain.
UHURU MUIGAI KENYATTA: Deputy
Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta is making his second stab at the Presidency.
Uhuru’s campaign machinery also hits tens of billions of shillings. Uhuru has
purchased six helicopters and four–ten seater planes to ferry staff from campaigns.
47 land lovers have also been released to county co-ordinators and hundreds of
branded four wheel vehicles have been provided.
Uhuru has also hired 1450 road show vehicles, five for each
of the 290 constituencies.
Source of the money: Uhuru, who is among the
richest people in Kenya, is bankrolling Jubilee campaigns from own personal
savings.
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