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KANU MANIFESTO 2022-2027
Our Commitment to transformative Foreign Relations and
AGENDA 1 In the next five years, we will:
Trade -Foreign Policy
Continuously promote Kenya as a favored destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) by
encouraging investments, promoting regional economic blocks, and leveraging Kenya’s hosting
international investment and trade conferences.
Formulate a policy framework to facilitate the return of all Kenyans stranded abroad and
streamline the policy framework for labor export.
Deepen Kenya’s famed athletics credentials offering training grounds to foreign athletes,
harness new expertise, experience, and knowledge among Kenyans abroad to advance and
promote Kenya’s interests abroad.
Expand Kenya’s market and demand for exports in the African Continental Free Trade Area
(AfCFTA), COMESA & EAC, and Sustain Kenya’s leadership role in East African Community and
AU to advance her economic interests regionally and globally.
Review Kenya’s development strategies to the global initiatives such as UN Sustainable
Development Goals and the AU’s Agenda 2063.
Design innovative economic diplomacy in light of BREXIT and post-COVID world order,
formulate an economic diplomacy blueprint to serve as a policy guide to all diplomats and
diplomatic missions, and Professionalize Kenyan missions to champion economic interests.
Continuously but progressively degrade the capacity of terrorist groups and reduce
radicalization among youths in the regions by adopting innovative counter-terrorism and
violent extremism measures.
Protect the inviolability of Kenya’s borders through sustained and constructive diplomatic
engagement to avoid diplomatic standpoints like Kenya-Uganda over Migingo and maritime
disputes between Kenya and Somalia by leveraging on Kenya’s position in international
organizations proactively.
Immediately establish a diaspora platform for Kenyans seeking to invest at home and increase
access to information about investment for sustainable development opportunities at home.
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