Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has defended the Kenya Kwanza administration’s performance, saying its manifesto commitments are being implemented across key sectors of the economy.
Speaking to residents of Ndia constituency at Kiania shopping centre in Kirinyaga county on Friday 16thOctober 2026, he said the government’s development agenda was a result of public participation that was widely done ahead of 2022 General Election.
He pointed to advancements in road construction, low, cost housing markets healthcare education agriculture and business support as sign of the government’s delivery on its promises.
According to Kindiki, 33 million people were covered by a public medical scheme, compared to 8 million in 2022.
He added that the government would have employed 120,000 teachers by December, while 23,000 classrooms and 1,600 science laboratories had been built.
He said he had also been able to raise funding for technical institution enrolment from 297, 000 to 718, 000 students, and that funding for higher education had been extended so that students from all tertiary institutions would be funded.
On agriculture, Kindiki mentioned subsidies and improved productivity across coffee, sugar, and avocado value chains.
He cited the modernisation of the Blue Economy infrastructure and the establishment of the National Infrastructure Fund and the Sovereign Wealth Fund.
The Deputy President said the coming political contest should focus on development records and fulfilled promises rather than ethnic mobilisation, insisting that inclusion must guide the country’s leadership.