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Default Vote For Kibaki & PNU Candidates....Kazi Iendelee - 11-23-2007, 03:13 PM

Over 7.6 million children are currently enjoying primary education.
•More empowerment for Communities; Money goes to the grassroots
•Over Ksh. 60 million transferred to each constituency annually
•CDF
•CBF
•CRF
•CAF
•LATF
•Better and affordable health care:
•Now Kenyans get free malaria and TB treatment in all public health
facilities.
•Children under five years receive free medical attention
•Government gives 6 million treated mosquito nets free to wananchi
•HIV/Aids patients get free ARV's
•1,000 new dispensaries and health clinics built
• Hospital management streamlined
•Medicines now available in all public health centres across the country
•ALL health centres countrywide receive Ksh.180, 000 and dispensaries
Ksh.240, 000 for rehabilitation.
•Water for life
•Over 500 boreholes drilled across the country
•Over 600 dams completed
•Over 230 water schemes completed countrywide
•Water boards formed to ensure equitable supply of water
•Piped water to be brought to all villages
• Kenya 's annual economic growth recovers from 0.3 % in 2002 to 7.1 % in
2007
•Tax collection increases drastically - towards self reliance; Kulipa
ushuru, ni kujitegemea!
•Vision 2030 launched - Kenya is on the path to First World status
•Lighting up Kenya : Electricity now in every constituency & towns
•Over 160 rural electrification projects in 58 districts completed
•All schools, colleges, village polytechnics, community health centres,
markets, and administrative centres to be supplied with electricity
•1208 projects in 191 constituencies, 418 trading centres, 288 secondary
schools,107 health centres,43 water projects,39 coffee factories,13 tea
buying centre and 13 police stations will be completed by June 30th ,2007 at
a cost of over Ksh.7 billion.
•A further 324 rural electrification schemes in 162 constituencies will be
completed by December, 2007 at a cost of over Ksh.2 billlion.
•63 schools in ASAL areas benefit from solar generated power at a cost of
Ksh.178 million
•Ksh.67 million for Mukuru, Mathare, Kayole, Kangemi and Kamukunji
electrification.
•No more power rationing as a result of diversification of power sources
•New energy law to make electricity available to all
•Agriculture revived hence more money for the farmer
•Prices of dairy milk grow from Ksh. 7 in 2002, to Ksh. 18 per litre, today
•Maize prices rise from Ksh. 600 in 2002 to Ksh.1,350 per 90kg bag now
•Coffee prices up from Ksh. 1 in 2002 to Ksh.35 per kg now (over 1000 per
cent turnaround)
•Sugar cane farmers paid on time
•Cotton farming revived
•Kenya becomes the third largest tea producer in the world
•Livestock farming made profitable - over 12,000 beef cattle and over 10,000
heads of goats exported to the Middle East and Rwanda
•Ksh. 322 million: the money Kenya has earned from livestock products
exports so far
•Ksh. 20 million: the amount the Kibaki government has used to revive the
Garissa investigation laboratory for livestock disease control. North
Eastern and Coast Provinces main beneficiaries
•Ksh. 5 billion earned from fishing in 2006 alone
•AFC loans/grants offered to farmers
•Many many more improvements
•Irrigation schemes rehabilitated
o Ahero and Bunyala Rice schemes
o Mwea, West Kano and Pekera
o Bura, Hola and many more ongoing
•Hundreds of industries, factories revived and jobs created:
• KCC
• KMC
•Mumias Sugar Company,
• Kenya Seed Company, and many more now back to operation
•Motivated and efficient Public service
•Better pay for teachers and civil Servants
•No more delayed salaries
•Public service reforms ongoing
•Performance contracting increases efficiency
•RRA yields faster implementation of projects for
wananchi
•200% increase in pension benefits; retirement no longer a nightmare
•Over 100 stalled government projects (white elephants) completed. For
example,
•NYS headquarters on Thika Road ,
•Nyanza Provincial Headquarters
•Makueni District Headquarters and many others
•All Kenyans now benefit from government resources
• President Kibaki has allocated Ksh. 10.7 billion for the affirmative
action plan for North Eastern Province as well as Moyale, Isiolo and
Marsabit districts
• Special economic plan launched for Coast Province
•Distribution of resources based on population and affirmative action to
guarantee development of previously neglected regions
o Equality ensured in distribution of national wealth
•Youth recognised and empowered
•More investments mean more jobs for the youth
•Kibaki creates Ministry of Youth Affairs
•Ksh.1 billion youth enterprise fund set up, employment opportunities
created
•National Youth Policy passed by parliament
• Women empowerment
•Women guaranteed at least a third of all public employment opportunities
•Gender Commission created
•Maendeleo Ya Wanawake leaders to participate directly in all development
committees at the local and national levels
•Three months maternity leave women and 2 weeks for the men
Mothers & children recognized as key players in development
•Free treatment to children under 5 years old.
•Better roads
•Over 40,000 Kms of roads maintained
•Over 1,006 Kms tarmacked among them Kisii-Chemosit, Olenguruone- Kiptagich,
Sultan-Hamud- Mtito-Andei, etc
•35 major roads projects going on in various parts of the country among them
Maahi Mahiu-Naivasha- Lanet, Maji ya Chumvi-Miritini and Machakos Turn
off-Machakos Town .
•Feeder roads constructed
•Safer roads due to sanity in the transport sector
•Seat belts, speed governors and other public transport reforms improve
the sector
• Law and order on our roads restored
•Matatu operations streamlined
•Airports and airstrips upgraded. For example,
•Kisumu Airport gets Ksh.2.6 billion facelift, NOW fish will be able to
reach the market faster and Kisumu city will be Lake Victoria 's hub
•JKIA being refurbished at Ksh.9billion
• Moi International Airport Mombasa upgraded at Ksh. 200million
•Garissa, Malindi airports and many others being redone countrywide
•Land Grabbing - corruption reduced by 30%
o A comprehensive National Land Policy drafted
o Ksh.400million set aside to resettle squatters and victims of tribal
clashes
o Title deeds issued to Coast Provinces' landless communities
o The problem of absentee landlords being tackled
•It's a freer Kenya
o The first leader in Kenya not to have political detainees
o Now all Kenyans enjoy their human rights without fear
o No more torture. No more political prisoners
o Nyayo house torture chambers formally closed
o No more politically instigated expulsions in public universities
o Living conditions for prisoners and prisons staff uplifted
o You are a free citizen wherever you are
o Media freedom ensured. Fm radio stations now talk openly
o Freedom of expression has been enhanced and now Kenyans can discuss any topics without fear. Yes, you can call the president names and go home and sleep!
•Official Recognition for Heroes
•A statue in honor of Independence hero Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi
constructed on Nairobi 's Kimathi street
•Paul Ngei and Bildad Kaggia mausoleums unveiled
•Funds to establish Koitalel arap Samoei education centre allocated.
•Heroes Corner established
•Towards Zero Tolerance to Corruption
oPublic Officers Ethics Act enacted, now all public servants declare their
wealth annually.
o Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission set up
o Corrupt people prosecuted
o New Procurement law enacted to check corruption in public tendering
process
•Tourism grows by over 30 per cent
•Ksh. 48.9 billion earned from the sector
• Jobs created
•Kenyan hotels operating at 100% capacity
•Direct flights to the Far East and China by Kenya Airways bring more
tourists
•KICC rehabilitated and is now a leading centre for conference tourism
•Maasai Mara declared one of the seven wonders of the world - Ksh 3 billion
Narok road to Maasai Mara Game Reserve under construction
•Media freedom enhanced
•16 television stations licensed
•30 FM stations operating
•50 regional FM stations licensed
•Freedom of information Bill before Parliament
•Media vibrant and free to discuss topics without fear
•Telecommunications grow
•More than 260,000 fixed telephone lines
•More than 6 million Kenyans now own mobile phones
•Telecommunication has been diversified and now an internet lease line is in
the pipeline
•Fibre optic networks infrastructure under construction nationwide
•Co-operative sector revived
•10,800 cooperative societies registered
•98 per cent of co-operatives hold democratic elections
• 6 million: the number of Kenyans in the co-operative movement
• Ksh. 105 billion ( 31% of the total national savings) mobilized by the
sector so far
•Cities beautified and cleaned up
o Street lighting installed in Nairobi
o Roads marked
o Trees planted
o Landscaping done
o Mombasa clean-up and beautification undertaken
•Traders receive support
o President Kibaki directs the construction of modern markets for
hawkers in all the major urban centres
o Ksh.1 billion construction work begins at Nairobi 's Muthurwa
o Jua kali sector supported
•Tremendous investment growth
o Conducive business environment created
o Onestop shop for business licensing
o Ksh 89.4 billion worth of investment licences processed by the
KenyaInvestment Authority
o SME's fund created
o Leading multinationals such as Nokia and Coca cola open
headquarters in Kenya
•Security
o Pay rise for the police
o Community policing takes root
o New vehicles and modern communication equipment for rapid response
o Police trained on human rights and customer care service
o Safer streets- no more muggings in Nairobi streets
 
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