Safina Party leader and 2027 presidential hopeful Jimi Wanjigi has declared that his primary mission if elected head of state will be the complete eradication of poverty across Kenya, framing it as the single catalyst needed to solve the nation’s broader socio-economic challenges.
Speaking, the businessman-cum-politician criticized successive administrations for failing to resolve the fundamental problem of economic hardship over six decades after independence.
“When we got independence, Jomo Kenyatta anchored three main problems: poverty, health, and education. 63 years later, are we still not facing those same challenges? Mine is to remove poverty, because once you remove poverty, you remove all the others.”
Wanjigi argued that Kenya possesses a hard-working, educated population, but persistent poverty stems from a lack of capital access for ordinary citizens to scale businesses.
His broader economic platform centers on reducing debt, cutting taxes, unlocking credit, and ensuring free basic education and healthcare to drive self-sustainment.
Calling on youth to abandon reliance on formal employment, Wanjigi advocates for policy structures that turn job seekers into self-employed creators within local markets.
Wanjigi continues to position his candidacy around radical economic structural reforms ahead of the 2027 General Election.
