Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has pledged to replicate his constituency’s education transformation across the country if his political team takes power in the 2027 General Election.
The lawmaker promised free secondary education and increased investment in schools if elected President.
Nyoro said the education initiatives implemented in Kiharu would form the basis of a national programme aimed at ensuring children from poor families access quality education without being burdened by school fees.
Speaking during a church service at East Africa Pentecostal Church in Maua town, Meru county, Nyoro said his proposed national education agenda would seek to make all-day secondary schools completely free from January 2028.
“One of the things we want to do in Kenya from January 2028 is to make all-day secondary schools free. We want to actualise free and totally free basic education,” he said.
Nyoro said the transformation witnessed in Kiharu demonstrated what could be achieved when education is given priority and resources are directed towards improving learning environments.
“In Kiharu, all our primary schools are tiled. We also have other 75 projects where we have even cabro. If you are getting married in a village in Kiharu, many people go for a photo session in primary school,” he said.
He said he would seek to take the same approach nationally, with schools receiving improved infrastructure while ensuring that parents are not priced out of education.
Nyoro said he had also initiated the Masomo Bora programme in Kiharu, which provides affordable secondary education to thousands of students.
The programme, he said, covers 65-day secondary schools and about 12,000 students, with each learner paying Sh500 per month and receiving meals while in school.
“We must give education priority,” Nyoro said, arguing that investment in education would be central to the country’s development.
The MP said his political camp was preparing to seek power after falling out with the administration it helped campaign into office.
“I was among those who campaigned for those who are in power today. Although we went that way and differed along the way, we left the government. We are part of the team that wants to form the government next year,” he said.
Nyoro said his party had a vision for the country and would seek to implement its agenda if allowed to form the next administration.
On healthcare, he promised that a future government would not raise taxes but would explore alternative ways of financing the sector.
“We will not increase taxes. We will use part of NSSF proceeds to bridge funding of health care,” he said.
He also proposed upgrading public hospitals to international standards and establishing a Kenya Health Doctors and Healthcare Professionals Commission to centrally recruit medical personnel and deploy them to counties.
Nyoro also urged political leaders to avoid ethnic and political divisions ahead of the 2027 elections.
“As leaders, let us not divide Kenyans along political lines and tribalism. We want Kenyans to be one,” he said.
