Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro is promising to take his constituency’s education model to the rest of Kenya if his political camp wins power in the 2027 General Election.
Nyoro says a government led by his team would make day secondary education free from January 2028 and increase investment in school infrastructure.
Speaking at a church service in Maua, Meru County, he said the goal would be to ensure children from low-income families can remain in school without the cost of fees becoming a barrier.
“One of the things we want to do in Kenya from January 2028 is to make all-day secondary schools free. We want to actualise free and totally free basic education,” he said.
Building on the Kiharu model
Nyoro pointed to programmes in his Kiharu constituency in Murang’a County as evidence that the cost of secondary education can be reduced.
The Kiharu Masomo Bora programme currently covers more than 12,000 learners in 65 public day secondary schools. Fees were reduced to Sh500 per term in 2026, alongside a school feeding programme.
Nyoro also highlighted improvements to primary schools in the constituency, including tiled classrooms and other infrastructure projects.
“In Kiharu, all our primary schools are tiled,” he said, adding that the constituency had also undertaken projects to improve school compounds.
He said the same approach could be applied nationally, with more resources directed towards classrooms, learning facilities and other school infrastructure.
The Kiharu programme, however, is supported through constituency development funding and other partnerships. Its current Sh500 fee model is therefore not the same as a fully government-funded national free secondary education programme.
Nyoro sets out wider agenda
Education was not the only issue raised by the lawmaker.
On healthcare, Nyoro said a future administration would not increase taxes to fund the sector. Instead, he proposed using part of National Social Security Fund proceeds to help finance healthcare.
“We will not increase taxes. We will use part of NSSF proceeds to bridge funding of health care,” he said.
He also proposed upgrading public hospitals and creating a Kenya Health Doctors and Healthcare Professionals Commission to oversee the recruitment and deployment of medical workers to counties.
Nyoro said his political team was preparing to seek power after falling out with the administration it previously supported.
“I was among those who campaigned for those who are in power today. Although we went that way and differed along the way, we left the government,” he said.
He urged political leaders to avoid dividing Kenyans along ethnic and political lines as the country heads towards the 2027 elections.
“As leaders, let us not divide Kenyans along political lines and tribalism. We want Kenyans to be one,” he said.
Nyoro’s proposal would require substantial national funding and policy changes if it is to move beyond the constituency-level model currently operating in Kiharu. For now, the pledge forms part of his broader political pitch ahead of the 2027 election.
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