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Raila Odinga’s 10 Point Manifesto

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  • The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader, Raila Odinga, announced his ten-point manifesto during the Azimio La Umoja National Convention at the Kasarani International Stadium on Friday, December 10.

    Raila noted that the ten highlights will guide his agenda for the country should he ascend to power when the country goes to the ballot on August 9, 2022.

    Here are the key points Raila unveiled as part of the convention;

    Following the listening tours, and to address the concerns that emerged, we came up with a Ten-Point People’s Programmes as follows: 

    1. Inua Jamii, Pesa Mfukoni: A nation’s greatness is judged by how it treats its poor and vulnerable. Pesa Mfukoni is a social protection programme that will deliver Ksh6, 000 per month to two million of the country’s most needy families. 

    Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga speaks during the Mashuja Day Celebrations in Kirinyaga on October 20, 2021.
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    It is not a handout but an investment and a foundation for a new transformational value chain that will also trigger massive economic activity and create thousands of localized small scale businesses and enterprises across the country. 

    This will lead to millions of jobs and the eventual development of a thriving middle class. The resulting middle class and SMEs will be a robust market for larger, more national corporations. 

    2. ‘BabaCare’: Each of us has experienced the all-consuming strain that accompanies the ill-health of a family member. We know that Health-related calamities do not ask who you voted for! And because Health care is a constitutional right, BabaCare will scale up the Universal Health Care pilot programmes to the rest of the country. 

    We want a Kenya where no one will ever have to wonder if they can afford to save their child’s life, get treatment for their ailing grandparents or manage a chronic disease. 

    3. Kazi Kwa Wote: This is about securing the welfare of the people by generating avenues for productivity, through job creation programs, investing in the critical jua kali sector and other macro and microeconomic stimulation schemes. 

    4. Uchumi Kwa Akina Mama: This will focus on the true multipliers of wealth in our community; our women.  The programme will unlock access to financing for women-led businesses and provide support for women on other enabling factors such as access to assets for production, land tenure and proportional representation at all Government levels.

    5. “Hashtag Inawezekanaâ€: We know that our youth are closer to the future than we are. But they are exploited as cannon fodder for bad politics. Now more than ever, we need to invest in preparing our youth for that future. The program will equip our youth with the mindset, skills, funds and technology to enable them to innovate at par, and even surpass their global counterparts. 

    6. “Waste not a Single Childâ€: Education is non-negotiable. This programme will be an aggressive scheme to ensure that all, not some of our children, get rightful access to quality education. We will deploy a new army of teachers to deliver to our children.
     
    For northern Kenya, we will pursue a special affirmative action program in admitting students from ASAL into Teacher Training Institutions and universities to create a local, committed workforce to serve as teachers and education officers in the region. A multi-agency engine will drive the process to ensure no young Kenyan is locked out, for any reason whatsoever. 

    7. Fukuza Njaa: The aim here is not to merely feed, but to generate the agricultural bounty that Kenya has the potential to produce. We will factor in Climate Change adaptation and mitigation to support and help realize high agricultural productivity across the nation. 

    8. Maji Kwa Kila Boma: The program will radically reverse the artificial shortages and high cost of water, particularly for the poor.  We shall not allow water scarcity to be an issue in a country like ours where lakes and rivers burst their banks, yet desert nations have found ways to direct every drop to their people for consumption and production. Water must and will be the least of every Kenyan household’s worries. 

    9. One County, One Product: I firmly believe that the idea of devolution in Kenya has the transformative potential of rich mineral mines, abundant oilfields and other traditional markers of a nation’s affluence. 

    “One County, One Product†programme is designed to be a launchpad to a Kenya which consumes its products, exports excesses and registers surpluses, not deficits. 

    The National Government will support materially and technically towards an ultimate vision where 47 vibrant counties begin industrializing at unstoppable rates. 

    10. The Principle of Administrative Continuity: By continuity, I mean building and improving on the gains that have been made by the administrations that came before. Africa suffers from a retrogressive mindset of starting afresh, instead of advancing existing accomplishments.
     
    When one administration sets something up, the next knocks it down.  This makes many countries in the continent stuck in a constant state of ignition, never making it to acceleration and takeoff. Kenya must not be a ‘start-stop’ nation. This is a waste of time and resources that SHOULD NOT be entrenched in Kenyan political culture. 

    For example, President Kenyatta’s Linda Mama programme could not have worked without the construction of health facilities and upgrading of transport networks that we undertook during the Grand Coalition Government. The plans for the Rapid Bus and Transit System could not have been operationalized without the construction of Thika and Mbagathi Roads.

    The plan for the Lamu Port dates back to 1972 when President Mwai Kibaki was finance minister. It took almost 50 years for it to be launched by Kibaki as President in 2012 as he was leaving office. President Uhuru Kenyatta took it up in 2013, ran with it and has implemented it in 8 years. The Lamu Project is one whose ultimate vision I see clearly. 

    Ignoring it squanders the opportunity, by another 50 years, to have a world-class transhipment hub that will reap exponential economic benefits for our country.

    My manifesto will bear a crystallized description of the Ten Point Peoples’ Programme, delving into the workings and plans that will actualize it for the People.

    Raila Odinga During the Azimio La Umoja Event at Kasarani on Friday December 10, 2021
    Raila Odinga During the Azimio La Umoja Event at Kasarani on Friday December 10, 2021
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  • Source: KENYAGIST.COM

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