Poverty

Democratic Party of Kenya

“...The DP believes that, the long-term sustainable economic development that will reduce poverty, unemployment, under employment and improve the standard of living of our people will require an economic growth rate greater than the current growth rate of 6.10 percent...” read more

FORD-Kenya

“...We advocate the running of carefully selected state ownership and enterprise to subsidize education, health care, child care and social security for all citizens, particularly the sick, the unemployed, the under-employed and the aged with goal to reducing poverty...” read more

FORD-People

“...Despite the fact that the economy has recorded impressive growth of over 6% in recent times, the benefits accruing there from have not trickled down to the common man/woman, most of who live below the poverty line...If this situation is to be reversed then a multi-faceted strategy that includes both medium and long term goals in the key subsectors of the economy such as agriculture and tourism should be put in place.....” read more

ODM

“...Solid economic growth is crucial for eradicating poverty, but getting economic growth to percolate or trickle down to assist the poor is a perennial challenge. How many children and adults have to die before the fruit of economic growth reaches them?...” read more

ODM-K

“...The primary objective of ODM-K is to reduce the incidence of absolute poverty in Kenya by 70% by the year 2012. Towards this end, ODM-K will implement a Komesha Umasikini program that will be at forefront of all of our efforts...” read more

PNU

“...We will grow the economy to double its current size in five years, spreading economic benefits to all Kenyans, creating decent jobs for our youth and good incomes for our urban and rural families...” read more