The gazettement of campaign spending guidelines by the IEBC has stirred mixed reaction from legislators and aspirants alike, with a majority terming them as laughable.

During a committee session Wednesday, members of the delegated legislation Committee in the National Assembly unanimously rejected the regulations, accusing IEBC of malice.

MPs claimed that IEBC wanted to paint parliament in bad light for failing to pass the regulations yet they were gazzetted out of time.

Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi says IEBC submitted the proposals on campaign financing a few weeks ago and went ahead to gazette them yet the law says the regulations must be laid before parliament for approval before gazettement.

IEBC however insisted that they have followed all the procedures as required by the law as they had earlier engaged the committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, a process that had stalled.

The regulations were published in a Gazette Notice prescribing the amount of money political candidates and political parties will be allowed to spend in their 2022 campaigns.

According to the regulations whose fate is now in limbo, a presidential candidate’s campaign spending has been capped at Kshs.4.4 billion.

Those eyeing the Gubernatorial, Senatorial or Woman Representative seats also have their spending regulated, with Turkana County having the highest spending limit at Ksh.123 million followed by Nairobi (Ksh.117 million) and Marsabit (114 million).

Lamu County has the least spending limit at Ksh.21 million followed by Tharaka Nithi (Ksh.23 million), Elgeyo Marakwet (Ksh.25 million).