Abstract:
This paper sought to understand and evaluate the money culture in politics. It is appreciable that
politics in Kenya has undergone notable changes gravitating around multipartism to dominant
singlepartism, and now to coalition politics. On many occasions, experiences of violence have marred
Kenya’s political choice processes yet, one constant thing that seems to have evolved in the practice of
elective politics in Kenya is ‘money culture’. Money perse in politics may not be bad because it is
what drives political planning and facilitation. However, the way money exchanges hands in Kenyan
politics opens avenues for critical enquiries This study guided by the following objectives will
ventilate this dilemma. One, the study found out the application of money in political process in global
perspective; two, it interrogated the practice of money culture in Kenyan politics; and finally it
established money culture vis a vis morality and integrity in Kenyan politics. Guided by the
Sociological Cycle Theory, the study used both qualitative and quantitative research design by
application of a simple random sample subjected to a population sample of 150, through
administration of open and closed ended questionnaire, the researchers then analyzed data and made
conclusions that money culture is unethical when applied to influence voters or politicians.
