A Kenya That Works in Everyday Life
Good governance is not an abstract slogan. It should be felt in a household budget, a school, a clinic, a market, a farm, a workplace and the safety of a neighbourhood. TWAP’s people-first policy proposals connect institutional reform to these everyday tests.
For students and young adults
A qualification should lead to usable skills and a credible path into paid employment, self-employment or business. Policy proposals include transparent training outcomes, structured placements with defined remuneration, fair assessment of youth enterprise finance and safeguards against charging new businesses for processes that deliver no meaningful value.
For entrepreneurs, informal traders and small businesses
Starting and running a business should not require unnecessary trips between offices or unpredictable charges. TWAP’s proposed One Business Gateway would coordinate applications across relevant national and county agencies while respecting each level of government’s lawful powers. Published fees, clear deadlines, proper receipts and review rights would help businesses plan.
For workers and professionals
A payslip should buy public value: dependable services, safer streets, access to care and fair social protection. Major tax proposals should disclose their effect on actual household costs. Workplace rights, portable protections and predictable regulation matter across salaried, temporary, platform and creative work.
For farmers, pastoralists and fishers
The measure of success is not only how much is produced; it is the income producers retain. The framework addresses reliable water, good inputs, storage, safe market access, fair cooperative governance, transparent prices, cold chains and timely payment.
For parents, children and caregivers
Children need safe births, nutrition, schooling, protection and a fair start. Parents need classrooms that have teachers, accessible primary health services and care arrangements that do not make earning a living impossible. Published school funding and medicine availability would help families make informed decisions.
For women and girls
Equal participation must be matched by safety, practical access to property and inheritance rights, economic opportunity, quality services and effective responses to violence. Programmes should be judged by results people experience, not merely amounts announced.
For persons with disabilities
Access is a right, not a favour. Public transport, buildings, schools, workplaces and digital services should be designed for meaningful access, with reasonable accommodation, appropriate support and transparent routes for complaints.
For older people and households facing hardship
Social protection, pensions and essential healthcare should be predictable, understandable and accessible without requiring everyone to use a smartphone. Property protection, assistance with succession matters and human service options remain important.
For counties, remote communities and the diaspora
Geography should not determine whether citizenship counts. Public policy should recognise the extra costs of delivering services in remote, mobile and arid communities, the needs of informal settlements, cross-border livelihoods and the legitimate service needs of Kenyans abroad.
The public value test
For each major proposal, we should publish what changes, for whom, by when, at what cost, under whose authority and with what remedy when expectations are not met. This page describes proposed policy priorities, not services currently provided by TWAP or benefits already guaranteed by law.