The expenditure period is the window during which every shilling a candidate spends counts towards their statutory cap. It opens months before polling day and closes shortly after results are declared — anything outside is treated as ordinary political activity, not campaign spending.
The illustration below sketches a hypothetical 2027 schedule. The IEBC gazettes the actual dates closer to polling day; until then, treat these as orientation.
~6 months before polling dayPolling day+21 days
Sample: six-month expenditure window pre-polling-day · 21-day post-results reconciliation period (illustrative).
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See the rules in action — open the financial-flow view to trace money against these rules, or run a scenario in the PPF calculator.