National Super Alliance Coalitino Manficesto 2017

A STRONG
NATION
NATIONAL SUPER ALLIANCE COALITION
ABRIDGED VERSION
MANIFESTO 2017

NATIONAL SUPER ALLIANCE MANIFESTO
DRAFT
NASA believes that our overarching desire as Kenyan individuals
and communities is to live and prosper together in a just society.
We believe that we have the resolve to build a nation from the
ashes of colonialism and single party dictatorship, oppressive
regimes based on divide and rule, politics of exclusion, exploitation
of the many by a few, corruption and more importantly the
robbing of the people of their humanity and dignity.
NASA pledges to lead Kenyans in building this new nationhood
that we desire and deserve.
The NASA Government will work to build a strong nation,
committed to nurturing and protecting the well-being of
the individual, the family, our communities and the nation
in accordance with the aspirations, letter and spirit of the
Constitution of Kenya 2010.
O God of all Creation,
Bless this our Land and Nation
Justice be our Shield and Defender
May we dwell in Unity, Peace and Liberty,
Plenty be found within our borders
We the people of Kenya;
ACKNOWLEDGING the supremacy Almighty God of all creation;
HONOURING those who heroically struggled to bring freedom and
justice to our land; PROUD of our ethnic, cultural and religious diversity
and determined to live in peace and unity as one indivisible sovereign
nation; RESPECTFUL of the environment, which is our heritage,
and determined to sustain it for the benefit of future generations;
COMMITTED to nurturing and protecting the wellbeing of the individual
the family, communities and the nation; RECOGNISING the aspirations
of all Kenyans for a government based on the essential values of
human rights, equality, freedom, democracy, social justice and the rule
of law; EXERCISING our sovereign and inalienable right to determine
the form of governance of our country and having participated fully
in the making of this Constitution,
ADOPT, ENACT and give this Constitution to ourselves and future
generations.
A united Nation
A united Nation
A Nation where tribe
does not matter;
leadership is inclusive.

DRAFT
We are not a nation of 41 ethnic groups, or 42 when we included
the Makonde who have recently won their long struggle for
recognition.
The Waswahili are not in the 41, the Ilchamus are not there either.
The Elwana, Munyoyaya, Waata, Boni, Dushnak, Sakuye and
Segeju are not there. This is a legacy of colonial bureaucracy.
These communities officially belong to a category called
“others.” To classify communities, no matter how small as
others is denial of their identity, recognition and significance.
It is, therefore, not surprising that many Kenyans do not know
that these communities exist. Under a NASA Government,
all communities will be officially recognised. The category of
“others” will be expunged from all the official records where it
exists and rendered to the dustbins of history.
Government will treat all citizens equally and respectfully.
Ethnic profiling of citizens in the issuance of national identity
cards and passports will end. Under NASA, no Kenyan will feel
discriminated on basis of ethnicity, race, religion, gender, age
or socio-economic status.
All our languages will enjoy recognition, protection and
promotion. NASA will mainstream our languages and cultures
in education from primary to university. For instance, it is a
crying shame that it is possible to study for a degree in French
and German in our universities, but not in Turkana or Taita
studies and a host of our local languages.
“Women and men have the right to equal treatment, including
the right to equal opportunities in political, economic, cultural
and social spheres” Art. 27(3) Constitution of Kenya.
A Nation where every
Kenyan is valued.
A united Nation
A united Nation

DRAFTA Nation that is not at peace with its past will neither be at peace
with its present nor its future. We believe in righting the wrongs
in our history in order to restore dignity to victims and survivors,
finding closure, and making it possible for Kenyans—, be they
individuals and communities—to forgive, heal and reconcile in
order to forge ahead in harmony as a great Nation.
We will recognize and honor all those who heroically struggled
to bring freedom and justice to our Nation. We will establish a
National Heroes Trust mandated to immortalize our freedom
fighters and to support those in need. We will address equally
and fairly the plight of all internally displaced persons (IDPs)
and all Kenyans who were forced by state actions or inaction
to seek refuge in foreign countries.
We will end extra-judicial killings, torture, renditions and enforced
disappearances.
We will establish a government that reflect the representation of
the Kenyan nation through the true face of its people including
fair representation of women and men, youth, persons with
disability and marginalised communities.
We will work towards institutionalising an inclusive, democratic
and participatory political system. A system in which every
Kenyan has equal say and every child can rise to the highest
office regardless of whether they come from a biggest or
smallest community.
We will initiate constitutional amendment to achieve gender
balance in elective offices, observe the constitutional gender
balance provisions in Government, and work to break the glass
ceilings that keep women down wherever we find them.
“The State shall take legislative and other measures, including
affirmative action policies designed to redress any disadvantage
suffered by individuals or groups because of past discrimination”
Art. 37(6) Constitution of Kenya.
A united Nation
A Nation where
leadership is inclusive.
A Nation at
peace with itself.

DRAFT“The governments at the national and county level are distinct
and interdependent and shall conduct their mutual relations on
the basis of consultation and cooperation” Art. 6(2) Constitution
of Kenya 2010.
NASA believes that devolution is the vehicle for the political and
socio-economic transformation of our Nation—the vehicle that
will take us to the Promised Land
We are committed to implement devolution to the full extent
as provided for in the Constitution, harmonious, cooperative
working relationships between the National and County
Governments, and to taking all administrative, policy, legislative
and constitutional amendments necessary to strengthen the
devolved system of governance.
We will transfer all the functions to the County Governments as
mandated by the Constitution as well as provide the resources
commensurate with the functions.
We will delegate the responsibility for primary and secondary
school infrastructure to the County Governments. We will create
a framework for security collaboration between the National
and County Governments.
We will establish a framework for joint management by National
and County Governments of institutions that straddle national
and devolved functions in particular the roads boards (KURA,
KENHA), water boards and regional development authorities
(RDAs).
We shall establish a government you can trust. Ordinarily and as
a people, we do not trust the Government. We fear it - ni siri kali.
The Government does not serve us, it rules us - serikali inatawala.
We do not make our rightful demands on the Government, we
plead for them - tunaomba serikali.
This is not how it should be. We have built our government
on the foundation of the master-servant relationship between
the governors and the government that we inherited from
colonialism. In our constitutional dispensation, we have
endeavored as a sovereign people to establish a government
that is a servant of the people.
NASA will cure this colonial hangover. We will embrace and
institutionalise human rights. We will ensure that every public
officer, from President to the police officer on the beat is at all
times alive to the fact that they are employed by the people to
serve them, not to rule over them. Every Kenyan will be treated
with respect, irrespective of their station in life.
We will build a responsive, respectful and efficient public service.
Files will not disappear. Citizens will not be told to come and
check next week. The public service will be adequately rewarded
and recognised. The NASA government will not play hide and
seek with our doctors, teachers and nurses. Government
obligations to citizens will be paid promptly.
Public money will not be spent on fleets of expensive cars,
opulent offices and other extravagancies, in a country where
many people can barely make ends meet, where public facilities
are dilapidated, where basic people with disabilities needs go
unmet. The culture of privilege and extravagance will end.
A Nation with a
Government we trust.
Devolution;
Nation with resolve.
Government of, by,
and for the people
Government of, by, and for the people

DRAFT
Corruption in Kenya is a product of impunity. We have the laws
and the institutions required to combat corruption, but they
cannot work when the Presidency is the refuge of the most
corrupt. We cannot end corruption when there is no line between
the public interest and the private business interests of the
powerful.
Ending impunity is not a Government policy issue. It is a
leadership imperative. There is no half-way house; it is either
a culture of impunity, or the rule of law. It is about resolve,
commitment and courage.
We will raise the bar on ethics and integrity higher than ever
before—higher than the threshold set by the law. We will not
tolerate conflict of interest. We will be transparent in everything
that we do.
This is our promise to Kenyans. There will be no sacred cows.
The culture of impunity will end on DAY ONE.
Government of, by,
and for the people
A Nation with the resolve to
liberate itself from impunity and
culture of corruption.
Government of, by, and for the people

DRAFTA Nation where half the population does not meet its daily food
requirements, where one of out of five families would not meet
the minimum food requirement even if it spent all its income
on food, is not something to be proud of. There is nothing to be
proud in feeding Europe with fresh vegetables, and adorning the
developed world’s tables with flowers, but still ranking among the
bottom twenty of the most food insecure countries in the world.
We need to get our priorities right. Our first duty and priority
is to feed ourselves. To be able bodied and not be able to feed
one-self is to be stripped off one’s dignity.
NASA is determined to banish hunger from this land. Farmers
should be the last people to go hungry, yet the vast majority
of those who go hungry are farmers. NASA’s highest socio-
economic priority is to raise the productivity of our resource
poor smallholder farmers so that they not only feed themselves
but they contribute to the realisation of national food security.
NASA’s goal is to ensure that all our farmers produce a surplus.
As more and more farmers produce a surplus, their incomes
will rise and the cost of food will come down. Consequently,
our purchasing power of other goods and services will increase.
Conquering hunger is a win-win-win matter. It is a win for the
poor, a win for all consumers and a win for the economy as a
whole.
Every person has the right;
a) to the highest standard of health, which includes the right
to healthcare services, including reproductive healthcare;
b) to accessible and adequate housing, and to reasonable
standards of sanitation
c) to be free from hunger, and to have adequate food of
acceptable quality;
d) to clean and safe water in adequate quantities;
e) to social security; and
f) to education
Art. 43 Constitution of Kenya
A caring Nation
A Nation where no Kenyan
sleeps hungry.
A caring Nation

DRAFT
There is no Kenyans who does not know the struggle with
hospital bills. Even those fortunate enough to afford insurance
have to dig into their pockets for contributions to hospital bill
harambees for family members and friends. People should not
have to worry whether they will afford medical bills if they get
ill. The health insurance available in Kenya is out of reach for
the majority. Even the government owned NHIF, the lowest
contribution available, at Ksh. 500 per month (Ksh. 6,000 per
year) is not affordable by the majority.
The Universal Health Service Fund (UHSF) is NASAs cure for
medical bills. The operations portion of the Government’s
health budget will be channeled into this Fund, rather than
being disbursed to hospitals. The public will contribute a
minimal amount, which will entitle them to free services in all
designated health facilities. Health facilities will bill the Fund for
every patient that they treat, just as they do for patients with
NHIF cards and private health insurance.
In addition to eliminating bills, putting this money in the Fund,
instead of disbursing it to health facilities as we do now will
shift the power from health providers to patients in two ways.
First, it will ensure that money meant for patients is not spent
on furniture or workshops or other things that the healthcare
providers often spend the money on, compelling patients to buy
their own as happens in many instances today. Second, it will
empower patients to seek services in the facilities that provide
good services. Facilities will have to be responsive to patients
because failing to do so will mean loss of revenue, unlike today
when public health facilities are assured of budget whether they
provide goodnight services or not.
A caring Nation
A Nation where no one
worries about hospital bills.
A caring Nation

DRAFT
It is the desire of every parent to give every child the best
chance to succeed in life, and the surest way to do that is a
good education. A nation should be like a parent, also determined
to give all its children an equal chance to realise their potential.
In Kenya today, only 40 percent of the children completing
primary school are proceeding to secondary school. For those
joining Form 1, more than 10 percent are not completing
secondary school. In primary school enrollment drops by almost
twenty percent between class 7 and 8 every year reflecting low
prospects of joining secondary school.
NASA’s vision is a Kenya where ability and effort, not the
parents’ wealth or poverty, are the only things that will count
in determining a person’s education attainment, one in which a
bright girl from the heart of Tana River has an equal chance of
becoming an engineer as an equally bright boy from the leafy
suburbs of Nairobi.
We envision a country where no child is called a “school dropout”,
where every young person joins the world of work with a skill or
profession. This Kenya is possible. NASA will make it a reality.
We will abolish secondary school tuition fees immediately on
assuming office, and expand secondary school places with a
target of achieving 100 percent secondary school enrollment
within five years. This will make the primary school examinations
(KCPE) redundant since every child will be assured of a place.
The culture and terminology of “failures” and “drop out” will be
a thing of the past. No child should be condemned to this stigma
by an examination whose only purpose is to eliminate those who
it has failed by not having enough school places.
We will expand higher education loans, presently limited to
universities, to cover all post-secondary education institutions
including TIVET, while also pursuing innovative ways of financing
higher education infrastructure, including Public Private
Partnership and education bonds.
We are alive to the plight of fresh graduates who are required to
produce HELB loan compliance certificates before they can be
considered for employment. This requirement is unreasonable
as graduates from poor families cannot afford to service the
loans, and yet failing to do so denies them a chance to get
employment. We will review the HELB loan structure and terms
to address this problem.
A caring Nation
A caring Nation
A Nation whose education
gives every child a bright future.

DRAFTWhen an economy is said to be growing and the Government is
launching mega project after mega project, but life gets harder
every day for ordinary citizens, people lose jobs every day, public
employees—doctors, nurses and teachers—are on strike every
other day, businesses are failing because the Government does
not pay its suppliers, the public debt is growing by leaps and
bounds, banks are lending all the money to the government,
something is seriously wrong!
There are two parts to this disease, and they are related.
First is corruption. When public spending is corruption driven,
new projects are preferred to keeping completed ones working,
and the bigger the better. The decisions as to which projects are
financed are dependent on who is behind them.
The second is the belief that wealth is created by those already
wealthy—the owners of capital—whereupon it trickles down to
the ordinary people and the poor. The Government therefore
listens more and focuses its policies and channels resources
to the economy of the wealthy, which creates more profits for
the wealthy but at the expense of jobs and incomes for the
ordinary people.
The convergence of corruption and trickle down ideology gives
rise to an economic model known as crony capitalism. Its fruits
are the economy of 10 millionaires and 10 million beggars that
J.M. Kariuki envisaged and warned us about four decades ago.
J.M.’s prophesy has since come to pass.
In the Jubilee administration corruption and trickle down
ideology have converged into the perfect storm that can only
lead to one destination— absolute economic collapse!
We are a nation of hard working people — of smallholder farmers
and entrepreneurs, fishermen and pastoralists— who fend for
themselves. The truth is that it is the ordinary mwananchi’s
economy that pays the taxes that prop up the economy of
the wealthy and pays the loans for wasteful, inflated projects
including the virtual ones that we only see in internet portals.
Far too many Kenyans have been persuaded that they can only
escape poverty by laying out a bowl to catch something trickling
down from the Government, which opportunity only comes from
being close to the high and mighty.
NASA envisions a Kenya that is a land of equal opportunity,
where only ability and effort, determines one’s fortune. We
envision a Kenya where honest hard work pays, and corruption
punished, not rewarded and celebrated. We envision a Kenya
where there is a ladder for everyone to climb to the pinnacle of
economic achievement.
A Nation where there is a
ladder for every Kenyan.
An equal
opportunity Nation

DRAFT
After five years of financial recklessness, our public finances
are precarious. The Jubilee government has doubled our public
debt. Moreover, the Jubilee administration has eschewed the
long term soft loans from development finance institutions we
have relied on in the past, in favor of expensive short term
commercial bank loans, resulting in the cost of servicing the
debt rising faster than the debt itself. While the foreign debt
has increased two fold from Ksh 880b in 2013 to Ksh. 1890b
this year, a growth of 115 percent, the cost of servicing it has
increased by 220 percent from Ksh. 34b to Ksh.108b.
We are now living in permanent debt refinancing mode. The
Jubilee Government has put the country on a debt treadmill.
The stated objective of sovereign bond was to reduce domestic
borrowing so as bring down domestic interest rates, and to stop
crowding out the private sector from domestic market. But far
from reducing the appetite, the administration has doubled both
foreign and domestic debt. This has made the capping of interest
rates counterproductive by making lending to Government even
more attractive than lending to the private sector. This is the
road to economic ruin. We must ensure that we get off this road
right now or we perish economically as a Nation.
NASA is committed to and determined to restore credible public
financial management. We will put the country back on the path
of sustainable finances, that is, a budget deficit not exceeding
3 percent of GDP. We will get Kenya off the debt treadmill. We
will make debt transparent and accountable by establishing an
operationally autonomous Public Debt Management Office as
provided for in the Public Finance Management Act.
We will declare war on procurement fraud and wasteful spending.
The NASA Government will buy goods and services at the lowest
price offered by a vendor to any customer. Officers who procure
at above the lowest price will be surcharged for the difference,
and suppliers who charge the government more than other
customers will be blacklisted. We will empower the Auditor
General’s office and provide it with resources to build capacity
to conduct value for money audits on ongoing basis.
We will undertake an independent evaluation of IFMIS to
ascertain whether it is fit for purpose, and based on the findings,
either overhaul it, or replace it with a suitable system.We will
put in place a fair and taxpayer friendly tax system, coupled
with uncompromising revenue protection.
A Nation with economic
managers you can trust.
NASA’s plan for agriculture is to reach every farmer, and provide
the support that they need to get the maximum yields from
their crops and livestock, and the get the best price for their
produce in the market.
We believe that every farmer has the potential to produce a
surplus. If some farmers in Busia can get 20 bags of maize per
acre, there is no reason why every farmer in Busia cannot do
the same. If farmers in Githunguri can produce 20 kilos of milk
per cow per day there is no reason why their counterparts in
Embu cannot do likewise. If a commercial rancher rear steers
weighing 500 kilos, there is no reason why Maasai or Somali
pastoralists cannot do likewise. If the Rift Valley highlands can
be the granary of Kenya, there is no reason why Ukambani
cannot be orchard of Kenya.
NASA will transform smallholder agriculture through farmer-
centered support services. We believe that smallholder
agriculture represents the best value for money of any economic
strategy options as it addresses poverty, food security, inequality,
employment and growth. There is no other sector that can hit
so many birds with one stone.
We will increase maize yields from 8.5 to 12.5 bags per acre over
the next five years. We will eliminate dependency on rain-fed
agriculture through water harvesting and small scale irrigation.
We will uplift our resource poor farmers through expansion of
small stock rearing.
We will make farming profitable and attractive by driving down
the cost and improving access to agricultural inputs as well as
developing agricultural finance and risk markets.
A Nation where services
reach every farmer.
An equal opportunity NationAn equal opportunity Nation

DRAFTNASA believes that Jua kali, our artisanal micro and small
enterprise sector (MSEs) is our route to industrialization. Jua
kali manufacturing presently employs 2.7 million Kenyans, ten
times the formal large scale industry (270,000), and in fact
more than the entire formal private and public sector combined
(2.4 million). Jua kali industry accounts for 17 percent of all jobs
excluding smallholder agriculture.
Jua kali industry is not just a big sector in terms of employment,
it is also dynamic, innovative and competitive against imported
products, as well as in the regional market. Our Jua kali industry
is successful not because of Government support, but in spite
of the lack of it.
NASA will end the neglect of Jua Kali sector. We will focus
our industrial policy and resources on providing our MSE
entrepreneurs with the infrastructure, capital resources and
technical support that they need to succeed and grow.
We will create an enabling environment and synergies between
the small, medium and large enterprises, as well as backward
linkages to agriculture.
A Nation which believes
in, and empowers its
entrepreneurs.
We are a services economy. Service sectors employ 70 percent
of Kenyans outside of smallholder agriculture, and contribute
60 percent of our national income and between them; transport,
tourism and information/communication technology (ICT)
services are our leading earners of foreign exchange. We excel in
services — renowned for world class hospitality services to which
we have added the enviable accolade of the “Silicon Savannah.”
And these services that we excel in are the fastest growing
industries in the world. Opportunity beckons.
NASA is determined that these opportunities do not pass us
by. We believe that the creativity, energy and entrepreneurial
drive of our youth can power a services economy to rival the
best in the world.
ICT Services
We will establish an enabling policy and legal framework for
business process outsourcing (BPO) and IT-enabled services,
in particular data protection and information security legal
infrastructure, develop a world class ICT services workforce.
We will fast track the completion of the Konza Technology
City, and work with investors and county governments to
develop technology clusters outside Nairobi. We will make
implementation of physical addressing system a national priority
in order to stimulate the growth of e-commerce.
Tourism
We will turn around the tourism industry. We have relied too
heavily on a package tour safari and beach holiday tourism, and
on only a few attractions, yet we have breathtaking attractions
in every corner of the country. We have a sports brand that few
countries can rival, but we have not leveraged on it to market
the country, as well as for sports tourism.
A Nation with a Services
economy to rival the best
in the world.
An equal
opportunity Nation

DRAFT
NASA’s top priority is to diversify our product portfolio in order
to attract more and different kinds of visitors. We will promote
sports tourism, by developing world class sports facilities and
aggressively pursue the hosting of regional and international
sports events. We will, as we must, align our holiday tourism
to the long stay market population aging in our traditional
markets, by developing the appropriate infrastructure i.e long
stay resorts which incorporate many leisure activities, and
very importantly, world class medical facilities. We will develop
an enabling environment and infrastructure for the growing
market of independent travellers so as to reduce dependence
on package tours.
Creative economy
Unleashing the power of culture to drive economic growth
The creative economy is one of the fastest growing industries
in the world, spurred by the ICT revolution, and the internet in
particular. The creative economy, which consists of creative
industries (advertising, architecture, design) and cultural
production (music, film, performing arts, media, gaming etc.),
is presently estimated to account for 3 percent of global GDP
which makes it significantly larger than the telecommunications
industry for instance.
We see the creative economy as both an economic opportunity
and the force that will forge a shared national identity.
We will create the enabling environment for creativity in
particular protecting the freedom of artistic expression and
intellectual property rights. We will make cultural infrastructure
(i.e. theatres, museums, art galleries etc.) part and parcel of
public infrastructure, as important as roads and such as
transport, energy etc. We will establish a framework for public
funding of creative production, including establishment of a
National Endowment for Culture and Arts.
A Nation with a Services
economy to rival the best
in the world. (cont’d)
Transport and communication infrastructure are enablers of
national life. It makes it possible for people to interact and to
trade. The legacy of exclusion and marginalization is reflected
in the inequitable distribution of infrastructure development
in different parts of Kenya. The overarching goal of NASA’s
infrastructure policy is to integrate Kenya socially and
economically. Our mission is to eradicate remoteness.
Transport infrastructure is the most expensive public investment
that we make. Consequently, how we choose the infrastructure
investments is extremely important. Rigorous appraisal
to establish economic, social and environmental impact of
infrastructure is a must. The main challenge facing us today
is procurement led infrastructure development motivated by
corruption.
We will restore sanity in infrastructure development, by pursuing
people-centered infrastructure development aligned to our
economic strategy of uplifting all Kenyans. We will relentlessly
pursue value for money in all projects.
We will reduce contractors cost of doing business with the
government, in order to bring down the cost of building roads.
We will build the capacity of local contractors to undertake big
projects that are presently dominated by foreign contractors.
We will also make it a policy to ensure that communities reap
maximum possible benefits from projects in their localities not
just from employment, but also by building the capacity of local
business to participate in the projects as suppliers of goods
and services.
We will choose our national priority projects judiciously,
appraise them rigorously, finance them responsibly and ensure
geographical equity in their distribution.
An integrated connected
Nation, where no part is remote
and no one is isolated.

DRAFT
Domestic energy is a critical need that has not received the
attention it deserves. Indeed in terms of our total energy
consumption the domestic biomass energy (firewood wood and
charcoal) accounts for 70 percent of total energy consumption
while petroleum (for transportation) accounts for 20 percent
and electricity only 10 percent.
Energy poverty is a serious challenge. Our low income
households spend a much larger share of incomes on energy
than they should. Access to clean affordable energy is one of
the interventions required to address poverty. But it is not just
a need— it is also an economic opportunity that has the potential
for creating many jobs and diversifying the rural economy.
We will scale up the adoption of technology and innovations
that deliver clean affordable energy, including improved stoves,
biogas, briquetting agricultural waste etc. We will replace
traditional charcoal burning methods, which wastes two-thirds of
the wood, with modern kilns which obtain 100 percent yield, and
by so doing, save our forests and make charcoal both cheaper
and more profitable— a win-win-win for the environment, for
entrepreneurs and for consumers.
Commercial energy, particularly electricity remains
expensive relative to our competitors, thus undermining our
competitiveness. The cost in terms of prices is compounded by
unreliability which adds indirect costs of self-provision through
generators and disruption of production. NASA Government will
aggressively pursue the reforms and investments necessary
to ensure competitive, reliable and ecologically responsible
electricity.
A Nation without
energy poverty.
NASA believes that urbanization is not just inevitable, it is
desirable. Cities are engines of productivity growth, creativity
and integration. The choice we face is not whether but how we
will urbanize. It is a choice between planned livable cities and
urban jungles.
Our cities, Nairobi in particular are already developing in the
direction of urban jungles. Nairobi is now regularly ranked among
the five worst cities in the world in terms of traffic congestion,
and Mombasa is no better. Buildings are collapsing every other
day, killing and maiming innocent Kenyans. This slide into
anarchy must be arrested, and NASA is determined to do so.
We believe in creating healthy vibrant rural communities.
Seventy percent of Kenyans live in rural areas, but our housing
policy and investment is presently focused almost exclusively
on urban housing. While urban squalor is a more visible housing
challenge, there are many rural households that are unable to
afford decent shelter. Poor housing exposes people to ill-health,
and also erodes their dignity and self-esteem.
We will mount a public-private partnership to scale up affordable
housing development, with a target of delivering 500,000 units
of affordable housing units over the next five years, with a view
to eradicating slums. We will establish an Urban Revitalization
Board to spearhead initiatives to arrest urban decay and
revitalize already degraded neighbourhoods. We will fast track
the implementation of Nairobi Mass Transit Project, while
pursuing other short term interventions to decongest the city.
We will develop long term spatial development and investment
plans for our major metropolitan clusters (i.e. Nairobi
Metropolitan Area, Coastal Corridor and Kisumu-Kakamega-
Bungoma)
We will develop a rural housing policy and institutional
framework, including the establishment of a Department of
Rural Housing in the national government that will work with
the county governments to increase rural housing production
through capacity building, skills development technical services.
A Nation with livable cities, and
vibrant rural communities.

DRAFT
We are a water poor country - in fact the poorest in the region
with only 460 cubic metres per person compared to Uganda
(1000 cubic metres) Tanzania (1460) and even Somalia (570).
We can no longer depend on rain-fed agriculture to feed
ourselves. It has been said that future wars will be fought of
water. We must conserve water, or we will fight over it.
Water and environment are intertwined. To secure water we
need to protect the environment, particularly our water towers.
We will protect our water towers, and aggressively increase
afforestation in order to achieve our national target of 10 percent
forest cover.
We must be uncompromising on waste management, to ensure
that we do not pollute water. The Nairobi River for example can
contribute to the city’s water needs if we stopped polluting it.
We will strengthen the National Environmental Management
Authority (NEMA) to ensure that it does its work without fear
or favour.
We will develop and enforce policy and legislation for water
conservation, harvesting and recycling.
A Nation with foresight, managing
its water resources prudently and
living sustainably.
We are endowed with a wide range of unexploited and under-
exploited mineral including titanium ores, rare earths, coal,
gold, precious stones, and iron ore among others. The most
significant is the oil deposits in Turkana presently estimated at
one billion barrels. NASA believes that properly harnessed, this
mineral wealth will contribute significantly to the development
of our industrial base, diversifying the economy, and exports.
We also recognize that without a proper governance framework,
natural resources can be cause of conflict and environmental
degradation. We are determined to ensure that our natural
resource governance is grounded in our constitutional
safeguards and based on global best practices.
We will ensure equitable sharing of mining revenues between
the various beneficial interests namely investors, Government
at national and local level and the communities. We will make
sure that maximum benefits accrue to local communities and
the country through participation and value addition. We will
ensure that minerals are exploited in a safe and environmentally
responsible manner, and that enough money is put aside to
restore the environment once the minerals are exhausted.
NASA is fully behind the Petroleum Exploration, Development
and Production Bill 2016 that has been passed by both houses
of Parliament and which the President has declined to assent
to. We will enact this legislation immediately.
We recognize the growing importance of renewable energy such
as wind, sun and geothermal energy as very valuable resources.
However, these valuable resources are currently being exploited
in a policy vacuum. NASA believes that these resources should
be treated in a similar manner to mineral resources. NASA will
establish a policy and governance framework to ensure that
local communities get their rightful share in renewable energy
projects either by way of equity participation or a revenue share.
A Nation where minerals and
natural resources improve quality
of life and support communities.

DRAFT
NASA will pursue a foreign policy that mirrors our domestic
values, namely adhering to the principles of democracy, rule of
law and human rights norms. In that regard, NASA will support
democratic processes, trends and governance around the world,
as a whole, and in Africa in particular.
In the wake of globalization, the architecture of international
relations has expanded to include a critical role for non-state
actors and civil society in particular. We will embrace and work
with our non-state actors in the conduct of foreign policy.
Under a NASA government, Kenya will restore its place providing
progressive leadership in international matters, especially within
the East African Community and on the African continent.
A good Citizen
of the world
Nation with the
right mindset.
A good Citizen of the world

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