Kenya Kwanza Promises List
Share on Twitter Copy LinkIn our latest blog post, we delve into an exhaustive account of President William Ruto's pledges and promises since taking office in 2023. From ambitious infrastructural projects like dams and airports to groundbreaking economic reforms such as increased Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and tax reductions, we track these commitments and their current status. Read on to stay updated with the evolving political landscape in Kenya under Ruto's presidency.
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| Date Of promise | Title Of promise | Full Description of Promise | URL to Promise | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/30/2022 | State capture inquiry | To form quasi- judicial inquiry into state capture within 30 days into the office | State capture link | Not Started |
| 6/30/2022 | To increase mortgage uptake via low income earners | Kenya Kwanza Manifesto promised to increase the number of mortgages from 30 thousand to 1 Million through enabling low cost mortgages of 10,000 KES and below. | mortgage uptake Link | Not Started |
| 9/28/2022 | At least 4 million Kenyans to be removed from CRB by November | President William Ruto has announced that at least four million Kenyans will be opted out of the Credit Reference Bureau listing. | Kenyans CRB Link | Not Started |
| 9/29/2022 | Cut govt spending by Kshs 300 billion | Kenya's new President William Ruto instructed the finance ministry on Thursday to cut 300 billion shillings ($2.5 billion) from annual government spending this year, to bring the country "back to sanity". | Cut govt spending Link | Not Started |
| 10/2/2022 | Ruto to end Kerio banditry once and for all — Murkomen | Murkomen, other Ruto allies assure residents they will leave nothing to chance in eradicating banditry and restoring people to the volatile Kerio Valley. | Kerio banditry | Not Done |
| 10/3/2022 | Ruto to form team to review, settle Sh700bn pending bills | Settling all pending bills from previous government | pending bills link | Not Started |
| 10/11/2022 | President Ruto Promises 5-10 Company Listings on NSE Within a Year | New Listings in Nairobi stock exchange | NSE Link | Not Started |
| 10/19/2022 | President Ruto's grand affordable housing plan targets 200,000 units yearly | President William Ruto has detailed his plan to deliver 200,000 housing units annually that will heavily rely on counties’ backing and how attractive the private sector will see the business environment. | housing plan link | Housing Fund ?! |
| 10/19/2022 | Hustler Fund takes effect December, says President Ruto | President William Ruto has announced plans to operationalise the Hustler Fund from December 1, opening a window for small businesses to access cheaper credit. | Hustler Fund | Done |
| 10/26/2022 | Kenya to plant 5 billion trees in next 5 years to combat climate change | "Ruto noted that the initiative will aid in combating the ravaging drought that has put lots of lives at risk. He assured PM Sánchez of his commitment to the venture, noting that it will help build key relations between the two nations and advance more opportunities in the future." | Trees Link | Not Started |
| 10/26/2022 | President Ruto to scrap stamp duty for first-time home purchasers | President William Ruto has announced plans to exempt first-time home buyers from paying stamp duty to all in a bid to ease house ownership costs among workers battling the rising cost of living amid largely stagnant pay. | scrap stamp duty link | Not Started |
| 10/27/2022 | To partner with Google to start coding lessons in Schools | "President @WilliamsRuto to tech companies as he attends @Google 15th Birthday in Kenya. 1. Kenya is the HOME of the Digital Workforce 2. We will partner with Google to deliver Computer Science Unplugged & coding lessons in schools" | Coding Lessons Link | Not Started |
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| 10/27/2022 | Shofco founder meets Ruto at State House, holds talks on slum upgrading | •The meeting saw the two discuss the slum upgrading program being spearheaded by the Head of State. •Odede, who was accompanied by his wife Jessica Posner Odede, discussed their experiences working with the community in Kibera | Link | Not Started |
| 11/1/2022 | 100 Dams | We are not going to build 22 dams, we will do 100 since that is president Rutos promise | Link | Not Started |
| 11/1/2022 | The government has announced a plan to increase salaries for civil servants in the next 100 days | The government has announced a plan to increase salaries for civil servants in the next 100 days | Link | Not Started |
| 11/1/2022 | 100 Dams | We are not going to build 22 dams, we will do 100 since that is president Rutos promise | Link | Not Started |
| 11/1/2022 | The government has announced a plan to increase salaries for civil servants in the next 100 days | The government has announced a plan to increase salaries for civil servants in the next 100 days. | Link | Not Started |
| 11/7/2022 | Give us 100 days in office to review your pay, DP Gachagua tells police officers | "The government will in the next two weeks set up a task force to review the terms of service of security officers with a view to addressing their remuneration and conditions of work. Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua yesterday announced that President William Ruto " | Link | Not Started |
| 11/10/2022 | Cheapest smart phone in Africa, made in Kenya | We are working with our telcos so that we can have a smartphone that will go for less than Kshs 5000. Let me promise the country that in the next 8 to 12 months we will have the cheapest | Link | Not Started |
| 11/10/2022 | Trade CS Moses Kuria: State to set up cargo city at cement company in Athi River | "The government will set up an exclusive cargo city at East African Portland Company (EAPCC) in Athi River, Trade, Industry and Investment Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has said.During the launch of an EAPCC product named Green Triangle Cement that aims at minimising the cement manufacturer’s carbon emissions, Mr Kuria said the government would use the company’s idle land profitably." | Link | Not Started |
| 11/10/2022 | We want to see if we can move all our boda boda guys to clean energy. | We want to see if we can move all our boda boda guys to clean energy. | Link | Not Started |
| 11/13/2022 | 1000 Dams | President Ruto promised to gradually build 1000 dams | Link | Not Started |
| 11/22/2022 | Govt to deal with banditry terrorizing Kitui Residents | Gunshots from bandits interrupt CS Kithure Kindiki’s meeting in Kitui | Link | Not Started |
| 11/23/2022 | By December next year, all government services will be digitised | By December next year, all government services will be digitised | Link | Done || 10K Remain |
| 2022/12/12 | Arizona scholarships on Jamuhuri Day | Rewards Jamhuri Day attendees with scholarships | Not done | |
| 2023/04/11 | Dollar rate below KES 120 | Dollar exchange rate to go down to Sh120 | Link | Going Up | 12/6/2022 | The government will roll out 100,000 kms of fiber optic. All 27,000 schools in Kenya will be connected to the internet. 8.6m homes in Kenya that are connected to electricity should get access to wifi through the Kenya Power lines. We want to make sure bundles are cheaper | The government will roll out 100,000 kms of fiber optic. All 27,000 schools in Kenya will be connected to the internet. 8.6m homes in Kenya that are connected to electricity should get access to wifi through the Kenya Power lines. We want to make sure bundles are cheaper | Link | Not Started |
| 12/7/2022 | The new government wants to create 1 million jobs in IT/business outsourcing: | The new government wants to create 1 million jobs in IT/business outsourcing: | Link | Not Started |
| 12/7/2022 | Redevelop Nairobi central Railway Station | Redevelop NAIROBI railway Station | Link | Not Started |
| 1/1/2023 | Electricity prices will not go up after subsidy withdrawal. | President William Ruto says the cost of electricity will not go up contrary to earlier media reports. Standard Kenya: President Ruto: Electricity cost will not go up | Link | Not Started |
| 1/2/2023 | Abolish HELB in favour of a new Funding body | President Ruto promises to abolish Helb, set up funding body. Says he has laid the groundwork for a revolution in the education sector. | Link | Not Started |
| 1/18/2023 | Government to build world class stadium in Embu | Stadium in Embu | Link | Not Started |
| 1/19/2023 | The government will construct a Sh6 billion market in Eldoret starting next month, according to Lands and Urban Development Cabinet Secretary Zachariah Mwangi. | Construction of a Market in Eldoret | Link | Not Started |
| 1/19/2023 | Convert Mulot into an innovation hub | Convert Mulot into an innovation hub | Link | Not Started |
| 1/27/2023 | New Digital Identity For all Kenyan | "At Data Privacy Day, @WilliamsRuto indicates that GOK is working on a digital identity for Kenyans. This is to be done by end of 2023. #DataprotectionKE" | Link | Started |
| 1/29/2023 | Set up Health Insurance for Hustlers | Create another NHIF for Hustlers | Link | Not Started |
| 1/31/2023 | Government to issue birth, death certificates online starting March 1; says newborns to be allocated unique identifiers that will act as lifetime ID cards. | "Government to issue birth, death certificates online starting March 1; says newborns to be allocated unique identifiers that will act as lifetime ID cards." | Link | Not Started |
| 2/13/2023 | Give Counties 100M to build industrial Parks | Nimesema ya kwamba tutapatia every county milioni 100 ya kuanza kujenga industrial and aggregation park ili tuanze ile mazao yote tunayozalisha tuhakikishe inafanyiwa value addition na aggregation ndio tutafute soko ya kitaifa hapa Kenya na pia soko ya kimataifa | Link | Not Started |
| 2/14/2023 | I want to say with a lot of humility that we will make this country debt-free ~President Ruto | I want to say with a lot of humility that we will make this country debt-free ~ President Ruto | Link | Not Started |
| 3/2/2023 | Cooking gas prices to drop from Ksh2,800 to Ksh300 - Ruto | Cooking gas prices to drop from Ksh2,800 to Ksh300 - Ruto | Link | Not Started |
| 3/3/2023 | Double NYS enrolment to 20000 | Double NYS enrolment | Link | Not Started |
| 3/4/2023 | Bring down dollar rate to Ksh 85 from current Kshs 130+ | Bring down dollar rate | Link | Not Started |
| 3/3/2023 | Increase FDI from USD 500M to USD 10B. | Increase FDI from USD 500M to USD 10B. | Link | Not Started |
| 3/3/2023 | Build 100 big dams and 1000 small dams | Dams | Link | Not Started |
| 3/6/2023 | Generate Power Using Nairobi Garbage | Generate Power using Nairobi garbage | Link | Not Started |
| 3/14/2023 | Ruto announces resumption of works on Arror, Kimwarer and Itare dams | Ruto announces resumption of works on Arror, Kimwarer and Itare dams | Link | Not Started |
| 3/15/2023 | Mordenise Kitale town | Mordenise Kitale town | Link | Not Started |
| 3/23/2023 | Build airport in Kisii and Nyamira | New airport | Link | Not Started |
| 3/24/2023 | Ruto promises to start building 10,000 houses in Kisii at the end of the month and start a township system across the country | Ruto promises to start building 10,000 houses in Kisii at the end of the month and start a township system across the country | Link | Not Started |
| 3/30/2023 | President Ruto announces construction of Ksh.66B Moderna vaccine factory | Vaccine Factory | Link | Not Started |
| 3/30/2023 | The government will exempt startup companies from paying taxes - President Ruto | Tax holidays | Link | Not Started |
| 3/31/2023 | President Ruto says that the Public Service Commission will recruit 20,000 interns in the next cohort next year, up from the current 3,900 interns | Increase SC internships | Link | Not Started |
| 4/4/2023 | Kenya banking on Sh300 a month NHIF contribution to spur uptake | "Reduce NHIF contributions" | Link | Not Started |
| 4/6/2023 | Ground-breaking of Mwache Dam, Kwale County. | Dam in kwale | Link | Started |
| 4/14/2023 | Plan to build new terminal at JKIA | New terminal | Link | Not Started |
| 4/15/2023 | 25,000 Jobs for the Youth | Ditto | Link | Not Started |
| 4/14/2023 | Unga prices to drop | Unga prices zitashuka | Link | 170? |
| 4/21/2023 | 8 Dams in Meru | Some more dams in Meru | Link | Not Started |
| 6/1/2023 | Electric Boda Boda | Electric boda-boda by September, we are developing a mechanism where you can get electric boda-bodas that do not operate on petrol | Link | Not Started |