A) Roads: The Real Challenge
- Many roads in Kathiani remain incomplete, impassable during rainy seasons and existing only on maps.
- Poor road connectivity continues affecting farmers, businesses, schools, health services and transport.
- For years, stalled projects and bad politics have delayed development and denied the people of Kathiani proper infrastructure.
Priority Road Project
- Kenol – Mitaboni – Kathiani – Kaani Road, 38 Kilometers.
- Launched in 2017 but stalled for years. Completion of this road will be treated as a top priority.
Vision for Roads
- No village is cut off.
- Roads remain passable throughout the year.
- Farmers access markets easily.
- Transport supports development.
Policy Commitment and Road Plan
- Work closely with Kenya Rural Roads Authority, relevant national agencies and community leadership to ensure projects are followed up, implemented properly and completed on time.
- Map all feeder roads across wards.
- Upgrade roads to all weather standards.
- Open roads that exist only on maps.
- Prioritize roads linking farms to markets, schools and health centres.
- Introduce labour based road programs.
Maintenance Plan and Solution
- Routine road maintenance.
- Community based labour for upkeep.
- Fast response to damaged roads.
- Strong follow up with KeRRA, transparent monitoring, continuous engagement with agencies and leadership focused on delivery and not politics.
B) Electricity Connection
- Many homes in Kathiani still remain without electricity despite nearby power lines. Due to poor planning and bad politics, electricity expansion has remained slow for years.
- Commitment: connect more homes, expand power access across all villages and ensure fair distribution of electricity infrastructure.
- Plan: expand Last Mile electricity connections, install transformers in underserved areas and upgrade overloaded transformers.
- This will improve quality of life, support businesses, create digital opportunities, improve security and enable youth enterprises.
- Message: Every home connected. Every village empowered.
C) Internet Connection
- Many young people lack internet access, miss digital opportunities and remain disconnected from the modern economy.
- Jobs are online. Business is online. Money is online. Communities without internet risk being left behind.
- Step 1: connect schools with existing computer laboratories to reliable internet.
- Step 2: build and connect new computer laboratories in schools without them.
- Step 3: expand internet connectivity from schools to nearby communities and establish village internet access points.
- The internet will support online jobs, digital skills, content creation, online businesses and global markets.
- Message: Connect schools. Build labs. Expand to villages. Turn internet into income.
Manifesto Message
No road will remain incomplete. No village will remain disconnected.
