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KANU MANIFESTO 2022-2027

Our Commitment to Kenya’s Security and Safety
AGENDA 5 In the next five years, we will:

Expand and improve the capacity of the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) to effectively deal with
banditry and cattle rustling in the country.
Construct additional 40,000 houses annually for Police officers and Prison Warders and
establish a level 5 National Police Service hospital.
Adequately equip the Police Forensic Laboratory to enhance science related criminal
investigations.
Implement infrastructural development designed to enhance ease of travel, improve
communication and abolish a sense of remoteness and alienation and provide adequate
security services to all Kenyans. These regional plans will be undertaken in consultation and
coordination with neighboring countries and communities’ in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia
and Uganda.
Develop a National Peace and Security framework with the capacity to address causes of
conflict and violence, including structural ones that affect Kenya. Peace building with
communities and between communities will be an important agenda in the framework.
We shall develop joint efforts and a shared responsibility between the national and county
levels of government.
Develop a national plan to address regional security challenges. Through a consultative process,
we shall address peace and security challenges that have bedeviled certain regions from
colonial times including northern region, parts of eastern, parts of coast and parts and
developing investment interventions designed to spur inclusive economic growth, creation of
employment and enhance livelihoods.

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