• Over 7.6 million children are currently enjoying primary education countrywide because of President Kibaki's policy of Free Primary Education.

• More empowerment for Communities; Money goes to the grassroots
  • Over Ksh. 60 million transferred to each constituency annually
    • Constituency Development Fund (CDF)
    • Constituency Bursary Fund
    • Constituency Roads Fund
    • Constituency Aids Fund
    • Local Authorities Transfer Fund (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 5.8 % in 2006
  • 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 30^th ,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:
  • Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC)
  • Kenya Meat Commission (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
  • Rapid Results Approach (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
  • 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
• Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (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       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

• 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

o       Public 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 Kenya Investment Authority

o       Small and micro enterprises (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

And many many more improvements as a result of President Mwai Kibaki's good leadership.

Truly, things have become better and they are going to get even better

Real benefits for all Kenyans....Manufaa halisi kwa wakenya wote