Pomp and grandiloquence were the order of the day for the much-anticipated 6 June launch of the 47-page Azimio La Umoja – One Kenya Coalition party manifesto, which has since been developed into a more detailed 84-page version.
The 100-plus guests who converged at Nairobi’s Nyayo National Stadium celebrated the document as “the panacea for Kenya’s socio-economic problems”. Not to be outdone, Raila declared it as the “beginning of a new journey for Kenya”.
“The day will go down in history as one of the most memorable days of our times,” he told the crowd. “This is a result of a very lengthy consultative process with the people of Kenya.”
The former prime minister pledged that Kenyans would begin to see positive results in the first 100 days of his administration.
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According to the 10-point manifesto, an Azimio government would adopt a three-pronged approach of economic
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