Inclusive National Justice, Economic & Civic Transformation (INJECT) party leader Morara Kebaso has defended his decision to fundraise for his political engagements.
Taking to his official X account on Monday, June 16, 2025, Morara argued that supporting political fundraisers can help minimise corruption.
The government accountability advocate argued that if a politician spends his/her Ksh30 million or Ksh100 million on campaigns, he or she will want to recover it from Kenyans’ taxes through theft once they assume office.
According to him, leaders who rise to a political office without self-financing their campaigns will owe their people loyalty.
“Campaign financing is where political corruption begins. If someone spends their 30 million or 100 million on campaigns, he or she will recover it from your taxes through theft. But if you fundraise for candidates, they will owe you their loyalty,” Morara stated.
Political corruption
According to Morara, campaign financing is where political corruption often begins, and the solution lies in collective citizen support, not in personal wealth.
He further challenged the narrative that portrays political fundraising as begging or conmanship, urging Kenyans to rethink how they view financial support for political leaders.
“Stop demonising fundraising by calling your leaders conmen and beggars. They have the option of using their own money, and the result will be an increase in corruption. Hata dem akitumiwa fare lazima akuje. Lakini akizoea kula fare alafu siku moja afanye makosa akuje atageuzwa kama chapati,” Morara wrote on X.
Morara’s fundraisers
Ever since he rose to fame by exposing stalled government projects through his episodes dubbed Vampire Diaries, Morara has been asking Kenyans online for financial support to fund his engagements.
He also always advocated for political fundraisers, arguing that politicians who use their own money to finance their campaigns are the ones who end up stealing public resources once elected, so that they can recover what they lost.
However, a section of Kenyans at some point started calling him out, with some branding him as a con.
To defend himself, Morara started issuing accountability reports whenever he received MPESA donations to fund his engagements.
