25. Is there a ban on candidates taking loans in relation to election campaigns?

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Answer
Yes
Source

"Where in an electioneering period, in relation to a political party or a candidate any money is lent otherwise than on commercial terms, the money shall be taken to be the amount of contribution or donation, as the case may be."

(Section 93(9), Elections Act, Cap 68A as modified and completed by Act 27 of 2014).

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