H. E. Dr. William Samoei Ruto's promises to Kenyans during the launch of his manifesto.

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H. E. Dr. William Samoei Ruto's promises to Kenyans during the launch of his manifesto.

His Excellency the President elect William Samoei Ruto launched his five-point manifesto at Kasarani Stadium on June 30th 2022 dubbed ‘The Plan’, he said Kenya’s economic challenges require immediate attention and one of his priorities as President will be to revive the economy in a post-Covid era. He will make a decisive break from the business-as-usual economic policies and carry out bold economic reforms in a coherent fashion, to accelerate job creation and leave no one behind in the empowerment process.

Below is a summary of his key pledges;

• Investing at least Ksh250 billion to boost Agriculture and food security in five years effective 2023.
• Provide MSMEs with reliable access to credit worth Ksh 50 billion annually.
• Building 250,000 new affordable houses every year through public-private partnership.
• Setting up a settlement fund to acquire land and resettle up to 1 million landless families.
• Mandatory National Insurance Hospital Fund (NHIF).
• Establishment of new level 6 hospitals in six new sites and hiring an initial 20,000 health care workers.
• Constructing a 100,000-kilometer fiber optic connectivity network.
• Bridging current teacher shortage gap within two financial years.
• Doubling the amount of money allocated to the school feeding programme
• Appointing all judges nominated by JSC for appointment to the Court of Appeal within seven days
• Lower cadre officers (sergeant and below) to be given the option of serving in their home counties from age 50 Sector pledges

1. Agriculture & Food Security:

• An investment of at least Ksh 250 billion in five years effective 2023
• Transforming 2 million poor farmers from food-deficit to surplus producers Raising the productivity of key-value food chains and cutting basic food imports by 30 percent

2. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME):

• Providing Ksh 50 billion annually to provide MSMEs with reliable access to credit
• Provide one street trading premises for every 50 urban residents
• Increase the daily income of informal traders by Ksh 200
• Establishing MSME Business Development Centre in every ward

3. Housing and Settlement:

• 250,000 new affordable houses every year through public-private partnership
• Grow the number of mortgages to 1million
• Settlement Fund to acquire land and resettle up to 1million landless families

4. Health Care: Fully publicly financed primary healthcare
5. ICT & Creative Economy

• Construct 100,000Km fiber optic connectivity network
• Roll out fibre to counties, villages, schools, over 24,000 businesses and homes
• Establish Africa Regional Hub and promote the development of Software for export

6. Infrastructure:

• Complete all roads under construction
• Construct 700km road along the Isiolo-Kula, Mawe-Modogashe-Samatar-Wajir-Kutulo-Elwak-Ramu corridor

7. Education:

• Pay for in-service teacher training
• Bridge current teacher shortage gap within 2 financial years
• Review the current exam-based system of academic progression and introduce alternative entry criteria
• Merge HELB, TVET and University Funding Board under a National Skill & Funding Council
• Set up a National Open University and implement 100 percent transition to higher education
• Increase funding to research and development institutions from 0.8 per cent to 2 percent of GDP

8. Gender:

• Two-thirds gender rule in elective and appointive positions in public sector, within 12 months
• 50 percent of cabinet positions for women.
• Ensure 100 per cent enforcement of the spousal consent legal provisions in land transaction

9. Governance:

• Complete the transfer of all functions constitutionally earmarked as devolved functions to counties within six months
• Strengthen the Office of the Attorney General Audit judicial liabilities and shortcomings within the first three months
• Strengthen police oversight and appoint an Ombudsman to focus on human rights violations of youth
• Appoint all judges nominated by JSC for appointment to the Court of Appeal within seven days
• Establish a Special Tribunal for Gross Human Rights Violations and Enforced Disappearances
• Timely and predictable transfer of sharable revenue to counties

10. Security services

• Contributory benevolent fund for families of fallen and terminal ill officers
• Insurance cover for loss of life on duty
• Review and improve pay for all officers in the security sector

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