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[h=1]Videos expose Kenya cash-for-votes scandal
[/h]wo candidates standing for governor seats in Kenya's upcoming elections have been caught on camera appearing to give cash bribes to groups of youths in exchange for votes.
Ferdinand Waititu, standing for the Nairobi governor seat for the TNA (the party of Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta), was caught on camera seeming to bribe a group of young people in Donholm, a less affluent suburb of Nairobi, on February 6.
The video footage appears to show Waititu giving a speech promising jobs, food security, funding for women and youth groups, and railing against cheap alcohol.
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He then appears to leave a bundle of cash with one of the young people in the group, giving instructions that it be shared among the rest.
In Kisii county, in southwestern Kenya, James Ongware - an aspiring governor standing with the CORD coalition of Prime Minister Raila Odinga - is shown instructing a crowd of youths and middle-aged men to queue up in order to receive cash at a campaign event near a primary school.
Bofya hapo uangalie video: Aljazeera Live News updates and Videos from Africa
Source: Aljazeera Live News updates and Videos from Africa
[/h]wo candidates standing for governor seats in Kenya's upcoming elections have been caught on camera appearing to give cash bribes to groups of youths in exchange for votes.
Ferdinand Waititu, standing for the Nairobi governor seat for the TNA (the party of Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta), was caught on camera seeming to bribe a group of young people in Donholm, a less affluent suburb of Nairobi, on February 6.
The video footage appears to show Waititu giving a speech promising jobs, food security, funding for women and youth groups, and railing against cheap alcohol.
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[TD="align: center"] Find out more about Kenya's presidential candidates [/TD]
He then appears to leave a bundle of cash with one of the young people in the group, giving instructions that it be shared among the rest.
In Kisii county, in southwestern Kenya, James Ongware - an aspiring governor standing with the CORD coalition of Prime Minister Raila Odinga - is shown instructing a crowd of youths and middle-aged men to queue up in order to receive cash at a campaign event near a primary school.
Bofya hapo uangalie video: Aljazeera Live News updates and Videos from Africa
Source: Aljazeera Live News updates and Videos from Africa
