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A productive Kenya with dignified work
Move Kenya from survival economics to value-adding production, competitive enterprise and secure livelihoods in every county.
- Lower barriers facing micro, small and medium enterprises while widening affordable productive finance.
- Build value chains around Kenyan agriculture, minerals, manufacturing, culture and digital services.
- Publish an annual jobs and productivity scorecard disaggregated by county, age, gender and disability.
Vision 2030 Economic Pillar · Agenda 2063 Goals 1 and 402The Individual
National Health Cover: health first, value shared
Reform SHA and SHIF into a trusted National Health Cover that protects pooled care first, invests only genuine reserves, and returns verified gains to better benefits, stronger facilities and family security.
- Guarantee an essential package free at the point of use, financed through pooled contributions and public revenue—not a personal balance that disappears when a member becomes ill.
- Amend the law before investing: protect claims liquidity and actuarial reserves first, then limit eligible assets, conflicts, concentration and political interference through an independently governed investment policy.
- Apply net returns in a published order: unpaid valid claims and reserve adequacy, better benefits and vulnerable-household support, then transparent facility-quality grants and preventive-care rewards.
- Offer any life or family-protection benefit only through a separately priced and ring-fenced rider; unused health contributions will not become inheritable cash or weaken solidarity with members who need more care.
- Place public officers within the common national system and end taxpayer-funded medical privilege, using Kenyan facilities first and permitting overseas payment only for independently certified procedures genuinely unavailable in Kenya.
- Publish claims turnaround, provider arrears, administrative cost, investment yield, reserve adequacy, fraud recovery, access and health-outcome measures without exposing personal medical data.
Constitution Article 43 · Social Health Insurance Act 2023 reform · Public Finance Management Act · Agenda 2063 Goal 303The Individual
Learning, skills and a research nation
Equip every learner and worker for productive citizenship through strong schools, technical pathways, universities, research and lifelong learning.
- Fund foundational literacy, numeracy, digital fluency and inclusive learning.
- Link TVET, university and apprenticeship pathways to county production opportunities.
- Make research, innovation and creative work central to national competitiveness.
Vision 2030 Social Pillar and STI Enabler · Agenda 2063 Goal 204The Individual
Civic learning through debate, voice and Chilumbo
Build a confident, constitutionally literate generation by strengthening age-appropriate civic education in the curriculum and expanding debate and public-speaking pathways through AAM's Chilumbo Initiative.
- Work with the responsible curriculum institutions, educators, learners and communities to strengthen age-appropriate learning on the Constitution, rights, duties, public institutions, elections, devolution, public finance, media literacy and peaceful participation.
- Use structured debate, public speaking, mock assemblies, civic problem-solving and community research to help learners understand ideas rather than merely memorise them.
- Expand the Chilumbo Initiative as a safeguarded, non-partisan civic-learning partnership for primary and secondary schools—not a channel for party recruitment or political pressure on children.
- Train participating educators, debate patrons and facilitators in constitutional accuracy, child safeguarding, disability inclusion, respectful disagreement and protection from disinformation.
- Connect school and community debate pathways to universities, libraries, arts spaces, youth centres and the ward talent-centre network.
- Publish learning outcomes, participation and safeguarding reports while protecting children's identities and obtaining all legally required institutional and parental permissions.
Constitution Articles 10, 33, 35, 38 and 53 · Basic Education Act · Agenda 2063 Goal 205The Individual
A national talent-centre network serving every ward
Build and sustain accessible ward talent centres where public schools and communities can train, create, compete and perform across sport, arts, culture, technology and civic life.
- Create a costed national–county framework for a talent centre serving every ward, with delivery adapted to local need, land, existing assets and county plans.
- Support track and field, swimming, football, rugby, hockey and other locally prioritised sports alongside rehearsal, performance, visual arts, creative production and exhibition space.
- Include libraries, digital learning, debate, public speaking and civic-learning facilities that connect the Chilumbo Initiative and other credible community programmes to safe shared spaces.
- Upgrade usable grounds, pools, halls, libraries and cultural spaces before constructing avoidable new facilities.
- Use transparent shared-use agreements so public schools, community groups, qualified coaches, artists and credible institutions can access, support and help maintain each centre.
- Publish capital cost, operating budget, maintenance, safeguarding, accessibility, public-school use, participation and talent-progression measures for every funded centre.
Constitution Fourth Schedule · Vision 2030 Social Pillar · Agenda 2063 Goals 2 and 1806Economy
Food, water and climate security
Treat food systems, water catchments and climate resilience as one national security mission.
- Invest in irrigation, extension, storage, cold chains and transparent agricultural markets.
- Protect catchments and coordinate drought, flood and disaster preparedness.
- Reward climate-smart production and locally led restoration.
Vision 2030 Economic and Social Pillars · Agenda 2063 Goals 5 and 707Economy
Connected homes, towns and markets
Build reliable energy, transport, housing and digital public infrastructure that reduces the cost of living and doing business.
- Prioritise maintenance and measurable access before prestige construction.
- Coordinate national and county infrastructure through transparent project pipelines.
- Design public infrastructure for accessibility, safety and climate resilience.
Vision 2030 Infrastructure Enabler · Agenda 2063 Aspiration 208Society
A clean, capable and open state
Restore trust through lawful institutions, visible public results, responsible debt and consequences for abuse of office.
- Publish contracts, project status, beneficial ownership and service standards in usable formats.
- Protect independent institutions, fair administration and access to information.
- Tie senior public leadership evaluation to lawful, measurable outcomes.
Vision 2030 Political Pillar · Agenda 2063 Aspiration 309The Individual
Equal citizenship and shared belonging
Build a nation where gender, disability, age, ethnicity, faith, location or income never determines the value of a citizen.
- Enforce equal access, non-discrimination and reasonable accommodation.
- Strengthen social protection while creating pathways into productive independence.
- Make public participation accessible, safe and consequential.
Vision 2030 Social and Political Pillars · Agenda 2063 Aspiration 610Economy
Africa without unnecessary borders
Make Kenya a practical engine of African integration: easier lawful movement, value-adding continental trade, connected infrastructure and dignified inclusion for refugees and host communities.
- Fully implement the EAC Common Market commitments on the free movement of people, labour, goods, services and capital, including visa-free entry for EAC citizens subject to lawful public-health and security safeguards.
- Champion ratification and practical implementation of the AU Free Movement Protocol, simpler African visa processes, lower avoidable fees and interoperable digital border systems with privacy and due-process safeguards.
- Open lawful African employment pathways through trusted continental job matching, mutual recognition of qualifications and professional licences, portable social protection and enforceable protection from recruitment fraud, exploitation and discrimination.
- Create a Pan-African entrepreneurship opportunity gateway connecting Kenyan founders and social enterprises to verified existing accelerators, incubators, corporate innovation programmes, research partners, investors, customers and public procurement opportunities across the continent.
- Require every publicly supported accelerator or corporate partnership to disclose eligibility, selection, funding, equity, intellectual-property, data-use and conflict-of-interest terms, with published outcomes and no political gatekeeping.
- Bring the AfCFTA to life through published tariff schedules, faster customs, mutual recognition of standards, trade finance and direct support for Kenyan producers entering African value chains.
- Shift exports from unprocessed raw materials toward African processing, manufacturing, repair, creative production and technology so more value and skilled work remain on the continent.
- Jointly audit the cost, debt, demand, climate impact, community benefit and cross-border viability of the SGR, LAPSSET and other East African trade corridors before expansion or refinancing.
- Build corridor partnerships with African states around ports, rail, roads, energy, fibre, logistics and border markets, with transparent contracts and measurable local value.
- Implement the Refugees Act and Shirika Plan so refugees find a safe, lawful landing, share services and opportunity with host communities, and can contribute to Kenya and—where safe and voluntary—their countries of origin.
EAC Common Market Protocol · AfCFTA Agreement · AU Free Movement Protocol · Refugees Act 2021 · Agenda 2063 Aspirations 2 and 511Society
Restoring economic sanity through political pay reform
Return political office to public service through a lawful, independently costed tiered remuneration reform that protects lower-paid representation and redirects verified savings to essential services.
- Publish a complete remuneration baseline covering taxable salary, allowances, reimbursements, benefits and the number of affected State officers before final figures or savings are claimed.
- Submit a formal evidence-backed proposal to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission under Article 230: a 50% reduction model for the highest political earners and a reduction capped at 20% for State officers earning KSh 200,000 or less.
- Seek consolidation of compensation into a transparent taxable base, removal of duplicative committee payments and strict, receipted limits on mileage and other reimbursements, subject to the Constitution and SRC review.
- Publish AAM's preliminary KSh 21 billion baseline and KSh 9.5–10 billion annual saving scenario as a model to be independently verified—not as an already audited public-finance fact.
- Use the verified fiscal space, through lawful appropriation, for permanent JSS teacher capacity, stronger Community Health Promoter support and health cover for vulnerable households, and improved welfare for police and disciplined services.
- Require annual publication of remuneration, benefits, attendance and fiscal impact in reusable data, while protecting legitimate personal information.
- Invite every AAM office-holder to sign a lawful public-service remuneration compact and reject benefits outside the approved framework.
Constitution Articles 201 and 230 · SRC Act · Public Finance Management Act12Society
The First 66 Days Integrity Compact
Use the first 66 days to establish the verified fiscal truth, stop preventable leakage and begin lawful correction—honouring Joseph Murumbi's 1966 example of principled public service and Patrice Lumumba's Pan-African commitment to dignity and public purpose.
- By Day 7, publish the scope, institutions, data standards, safeguards and public dashboard for a time-bound national integrity review.
- By Day 21, inventory public accounts, debt instruments, guarantees, investments, payrolls, pending bills, stalled projects and major contracts with the Auditor-General, Controller of Budget, Treasury and relevant oversight bodies.
- By Day 45, authenticate workers, suppliers, projects and obligations; freeze only payments that meet a lawful risk threshold while protecting salaries and valid claims from collective punishment.
- By Day 60, publish preliminary findings, fiscal risks, recoverable amounts, project recommendations and reasons for any redaction permitted by law.
- By Day 66, table the political-pay reform package and a costed corrective programme for ghost workers, ghost projects, fraudulent pending bills, procurement abuse and debt that may be unlawful, illegitimate or contrary to public value.
- Refer credible evidence to the competent independent institution—EACC, DCI, ODPP, Parliament, county assemblies, regulators or courts—and protect presumption of innocence, fair process, whistle-blowers and witnesses.
- Continue quarterly public follow-up until every finding is resolved, recovered, prosecuted, restructured, lawfully closed or explained.
Constitution Articles 10, 73, 201, 226 and 229 · Public Audit Act · Leadership and Integrity Act13Society
Every shilling must count—throughout our tenure
Run a permanent offensive against corruption, waste and administrative incompetence so public money produces visible service from the first day to the last—not only during the First 66 Days review.
- Maintain continuous open-books, contract, payroll, asset, project and audit-follow-up registers throughout the full term, with responsible officers and correction deadlines.
- Modernise IFMIS into a complete, interoperable and audit-ready public-money trail that links approved budgets, taxes and other revenue, grants, loans, procurement commitments, disbursements, payments, assets and verified public results.
- Give the Auditor-General, Controller of Budget, Parliament, county assemblies and authorised internal auditors secure, timely and standardised access to the records required for risk-based and continuous audit, while preserving lawful security and personal-data protections.
- Publish accessible audit reports, management responses, corrective deadlines and follow-up status through an eCitizen public-finance window, with open formats and plain-language explanations for citizens who use low-data or offline channels.
- Provide every citizen with clear public dashboards showing taxes and other revenue collected, grants and loans received, how funds were allocated and disbursed, and what was ultimately spent and delivered—without exposing private taxpayer or beneficiary information.
- Use this shared financial evidence to improve public participation and budget-making, allowing communities to question past performance before new taxes, debt, projects or expenditure are approved.
- Investigate and refer credible corruption, procurement abuse, conflict of interest, fraud and deliberate concealment to the competent independent institutions while protecting due process.
- Treat persistent incompetence as a public-finance risk: publish service standards, correct failed systems, train staff and apply lawful performance and disciplinary processes where failure continues.
- Halt unnecessary expenditure, including prestige offices, avoidable travel, duplicative subscriptions and routine replacement of usable furniture, equipment or vehicles.
- Impose a needs, utilisation and lifecycle-cost test before government vehicle acquisition; progressively replace avoidable fuel-guzzling fleets with smaller, safer and more energy-efficient vehicles suited to the actual public duty.
- Pool transport where practical, publish fleet size, use, fuel, maintenance and disposal records, and prohibit personal or campaign use of public vehicles.
- Prioritise completion, maintenance or lawful closure of viable existing projects before approving avoidable new commitments.
- Protect timely payment of legitimate workers and suppliers while eliminating ghost workers, ghost projects and fraudulent claims.
AAM Manifesto 2024: Taxation and Expenditure · Constitution Articles 201 and 22914Society
A permanent public listening and accountability calendar
Keep elected leaders in structured conversation with wananchi throughout the full term through linked ward, constituency, county, regional and national engagements—not only during campaigns.
- Hold a mid-month in-person public engagement in every ward, led by the elected MCA and open to accessible online participation, with a published agenda, issue register, attendance record and response tracker.
- Require each Governor, Senator, Member of Parliament and Woman Representative to attend and listen at no fewer than one mid-month ward engagement each month within the area they represent, rotating participation so different communities are reached.
- Hold an end-month constituency town hall coordinated across the constituency, bringing ward issue registers together and allowing in-person and online participation, with the MP, MCAs and rotating county leaders accounting for action taken.
- At the end of every third month, hold a county engagement that consolidates constituency reports, unresolved commitments and county-wide priorities for direct response by the Governor, Senator, Woman Representative, MPs, MCAs and responsible public institutions.
- At the end of every sixth month, consolidate county evidence into regional engagements; at the end of every twelfth month, hold a national accountability forum reporting what citizens raised, what government delivered and what remains unresolved.
- Publish dates early, make participation accessible across language, disability, distance and connectivity, and provide non-digital submission routes so online access never becomes a condition for being heard.
- Separate these public-service forums from party rallies, procurement influence and personal handouts; use public resources only through lawful, costed and openly reported arrangements.
- Give every accepted issue a responsible office, deadline and public status, and explain in writing when a proposal is declined, deferred or outside the elected leader's lawful mandate.
Constitution Articles 10, 35, 118, 174, 196 and 232 · County Governments Act · AAM servant-leadership commitment15Economy
Sustainable energy capacity that benefits citizens
Increase Kenya's dependable energy capacity through sustainable generation, stronger grids, storage and efficiency while ensuring natural resources create lawful, transparent public value.
- Expand a balanced portfolio of geothermal, solar, wind, hydro, sustainable bioenergy and other evidence-tested low-carbon generation.
- Invest in transmission, distribution, storage, mini-grids and demand management so new generation becomes reliable power for homes and productive enterprise.
- Audit technical and commercial energy losses and publish time-bound reduction plans.
- Invest in safe equipment, trained personnel, preventive maintenance and action against dangerous illegal connections.
- Require lifecycle environmental safeguards, transparent procurement, fair land processes and community benefit-sharing for energy projects.
- Support local manufacture, repair, research and skills for clean-energy technologies and energy-efficient buildings, transport and industry.
- Review market structure and regulation to protect consumers from abuse of monopoly power.
- Audit extractive licences, contracts, beneficial ownership, royalties, rehabilitation duties and community benefit-sharing.
- Renegotiate or lawfully terminate arrangements that fail constitutional, environmental or public-value tests.
AAM Manifesto 2024: Sustainable Energy · Vision 2030 Infrastructure Enabler16Economy
Farmer-first markets and an exporting Kenya
Move agriculture and industry toward fair producer prices, value addition, quality Kenyan goods and competitive African and global exports.
- Bring young people into climate-smart crop and livestock production through land rehabilitation, extension, technology and transparent benefit-sharing.
- Strengthen aggregation, storage, cold chains, standards, processing and market information so producers retain more value.
- Review taxes and regulation to encourage productive investment, fair competition and local innovation without weakening labour, consumer or environmental safeguards.
- Use trade remedies and quality enforcement lawfully against substandard imports and anti-competitive conduct.
- Implement EAC and AfCFTA commitments that connect Kenyan producers to regional value chains and reduce unnecessary trade barriers.
AAM Manifesto 2024: Agriculture, Markets and Net Exports · AfCFTA · Agenda 2063 Goals 4 and 517Economy
Sell the full strength of Kenya
Build Kenya's global identity around wildlife and beaches together with clean energy, agriculture, innovation, sport, arts, culture and trusted products.
- Create a unified national brand programme with measurable export, visitor and investment outcomes.
- Market county destinations and locally owned tourism, culture and creative enterprises.
- Protect intellectual property and improve routes to market for artists, athletes, inventors and Kenyan brands.
- Use missions and trade offices to open verified opportunities for Kenyan producers rather than ceremonial promotion.
AAM Manifesto 2024: Selling Magical Kenya · Vision 2030 Economic Pillar18Society
A professional public service and a free, responsible press
Build capable institutions, dignified working conditions and an independent information environment that helps citizens hold power to account.
- Resource constitutional institutions according to law while requiring measurable service standards and transparent performance.
- Protect merit, fair working conditions, whistle-blowers and continuous professional development in the public service.
- Defend media freedom, editorial independence, access to information and journalist safety.
- Expand public-interest and African-centred reporting while respecting professional standards, pluralism and constitutional rights.
- Publish public data in formats that journalists, researchers and citizens can inspect and reuse.
AAM Manifesto 2024: Civil Service and Free Press · Constitution Articles 33, 34, 35 and 23219The Individual
Safe, cohesive communities and strong families
Support families and communities as places of care, belonging and opportunity while protecting equal citizenship, freedom of belief and human dignity.
- Coordinate family support, childcare, mental health, protection services, sport, arts and positive youth development.
- Prevent ethnic profiling, discrimination, violence and exclusion through education, enforcement and locally led peace-building.
- Strengthen lawful community policing, cyber-security capability, emergency readiness and dignified working conditions for security personnel.
- Advance regional security and intelligence cooperation with constitutional, judicial and parliamentary safeguards.
- Welcome lawful regional integration and protect the dignity and rights of refugees, migrants and host communities under Kenyan and international law.
AAM Manifesto 2024: Security, Family and Community Integration · Agenda 2063 Aspirations 4 and 520Economy
Reward enterprise that builds society
Use transparent incentives and procurement to recognise businesses that create decent work, pay lawful taxes and strengthen shared infrastructure.
- Publish objective corporate-responsibility criteria covering youth employment, clean energy, tax compliance and community benefit.
- Link incentives to independently verified performance rather than political discretion.
- Recognise businesses that support schools, health facilities, lighting and other lawful public priorities without purchasing influence.
- Require beneficial-ownership disclosure, conflict controls and public reporting for government partnerships.
AAM Manifesto 2024: Corporate Alliances · Constitution Article 22721Economy
Innovation hubs in all 290 constituencies
Build a national network of accessible technology hubs, accelerators and incubators that helps local startups and social enterprises become investable, financially sustainable and environmentally responsible.
- Establish or accredit an accessible innovation hub serving every constituency, using existing public facilities where practical before constructing new buildings.
- Provide reliable connectivity, prototyping tools, business support, research links, mentors and pathways from idea to market.
- Run transparent accelerator and incubator programmes for startups and social enterprises, with open selection criteria and published outcomes.
- Help ventures build sound revenue models, responsible governance and measurable social and environmental impact rather than permanent grant dependence.
- Connect founders to universities, TVETs, county value chains, investors, customers, EAC and AfCFTA markets while protecting intellectual property.
- Publish constituency-level measures for participation, survival, jobs, investment attracted and environmental performance.
AAM Manifesto 2024: Education and Corporate Alliances · Vision 2030 STI Enabler · Agenda 2063 Goals 2 and 4
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