Presidential hopeful George Wajackoyah says if elected no legislator in government will be allowed to own media houses.
According to Wajackoyah, journalists in most Kenyan media houses are oppressed and work in fear due to political interference.
“The Fourth Estate is the forgotten hope for this country. We have monopoly of powerful individuals who own several media houses," he said.
Speaking during the official launch of the Roots Party campaigns, Wajackoyah also said he will introduce death penalty for people found culpable of committing corruption.
He said most of those charged with corruption in Kenya are walking freely, with some even holding high positions in government.
“We cannot be appropriating money for medical care and the same is used for personal gains,” Wajackoyah said.
“The penalty of the corrupt will serve as an example to the corrupt. This works perfectly well in Singapore and it will do the same in Kenya under my leadership."
Countries which have the death penalty for corruption are Thailand (bribery), Iran (corruption), Morocco and Vietnam (bribery), China and Cuba (corruption) and Indonesia (corruption).
The Roots Party also said, as part of its manifesto, Kenya will legalise bhang farming and its sale in Kenya and use the revenue to offset the country’s debt.
He said one sack of marijuna is equivalent to $3.2 million (approximately Sh366 million).
The lawyer further said under his leadership, Kenya will grow the plant on a 1,000 acres of land, not for smoking but for medicinal and industrial use.
“The Canadian government has assured me, through a proxy, that they have a ready market for marijuana. Last year, Canada got $484 billion from the trade,” Wajackoyah said.
He said official workdays in Kenya would be between Monday and Thursday because Friday is Islamic prayer day.
He also urged the Asian community to refrain from being used as ‘gold mines’ for presidential aspirants during the election season.
Wajackoyah said the community is always sidelined only to be remembered as important during the election campaigns.
(edited by Amol Awuor)
