• Waihiga is a Kenyan lawyer and ordained minister.
• Waihiga is one of four presidential candidates cleared by IEBC to run for the seat.
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Agano Party presidential candidate David Waihiga will on Monday launch his manifesto ahead of the August 9 General Elections.
He is the final presidential candidate to present his blueprint for the country following Deputy President William Ruto and George Wajackoyah who launched theirs last week.
“My manifesto will be radical and unique and it shall propose to waive all tax penalties accrued as soon as I'm sworn in to give Kenyans a new start," Waihiga said last week
In a sneak preview of his manifesto, Waihiga pledged to constitute a Truth and Recovery Commission that will help bring back to Kenya Sh20 trillion illegally obtained and stashed by ‘ big powerful’ individuals.
“I will constitute a Truth and Recovery Commission to assist in the recovery of all funds illegally stashed abroad and corruptly lost and obtained. I will ensure that at no point maize flour will go beyond Sh100 by introducing Unga subsidy,” he said
If elected to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta, the Agano party chairman said his government will waive tax accrued from the date he is sworn in, in order to give Kenyans a new start.
He also pledged to reduce PAYE for all employees and added that his administration would bring to an end the loss of Sh5 billion daily through theft in various government departments and agencies.
If elected, the presidential hopeful will introduce mandatory toxicity and mental aptitude tests for every Kenyan aspiring for office.
“I want to be remembered as the President who will have slain the dragon of corruption, wastage, maladministration, bureaucracy and made Kenya a first world country if Kenyans deem it fit to elect me as their next President,” Waihiga added.
Waihiga is one of four presidential candidates cleared by IEBC to run for the seat. Others are Azimio flag bearer Raila Odinga, William Ruto of UDA and George Wajackoyah of Roots Party.
He is the founder and leader of the Agano Party, a political party in Kenya founded in 2006.