15. Is there a ban on state resources being given to or received by political parties or candidates (excluding regulated public funding)?

The candidate or the parties have to fund for their own campaign, the Electoral Commission is not mandated to ask each candidate or party to disclose their financial statement. 

Therefore the answer to your questions is NO

Source: Email from Ms Takiakia Maatia, Chief Electoral Officer, Department of Justice, Kiribati, January 31, 2018

BLANK