The long-awaited Azimio Manifesto, at last, reached its D Day after the Azimio presidential candidate attained clearance from the IEBC authenticating his move for the August polls.
Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition head emphasized fighting the three main enemies of the Kenyans that is ignorance, poverty, and disease through a lay-up of policies that deal with the main challenges.
The manifesto aims at wealth creation from the situation of the nation making a centre that can be a manufacturing hub for the East, Central, and parts of both north and south Africa.
Further stating that Africa is the richest continent in the globe for the numerous raw materials bestowed within hence a wake-up call for the countries within to start up manufacture of our main own products from electronic to aluminium, and, machinery.
Raila Odinga viewing Kenya as a hub and major market as well as strategically located explains the need for manufacturing development.
Expressing a need for the revival of the steel industry, textile industry, and energy production to subdue the imports of products largely from the outside nations.
Urging on the need for clean energy; whereby Kenya will be in the lead in the production of high quantity hydrogen that will be an equivalent of the fossil fuels that tend to harm the environment impacting climate change.
Farmers are to be entailed highly in production of agricultural production that is cocoa, tea, and coffee in a way that it is smart agriculture through the provision of seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides all at subsidized prices.
Maize production is to be catered for in ensuring that the farmers don’t have their produce rotting rather provision of silos and evading from importing maize while the farmers are having grains within that is not considered.
Health matters are to be looked into by Baba Care which will provide health coverage for each one with Universal Healthcare. The research will be deeply delved into to cater to the importing of medicine in the country.
The Azimio head also stated the step toward the creation of own medicine within the nation to assist provide employment and set in use the bright minds who can invent and innovate with medicinal products.
The textile industry is going to start from the primary production through the planting of cotton which will then see the start of the textile industry.
Through this revival, the young shall obtain employment as the cotton is processed and clothes fully made and finished here in Kenya which can then be sold even outside the nation earning us more revenue.
Education is guaranteed as free from primary education to tertiary education as a priority for the people to fight ignorance.
This will see to it that the teachers and trainers are well trained and experienced to offer the best education for the people who are our future.
Water being a challenge, the Azimio government will ensure that every home has access to safe water within their homes as this fight against the drought is enhanced and the people are empowered to do farming and plant trees.