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MWANGAZA
"I am not asking Kilifi to follow me. I am asking Kilifi to rise with me, and together, we will build a county the world cannot ignore."
Taa ya Maendeleo · Kilifi Yetu. Kesho Yetu. Ushindi Wetu. Kilifi Rises. Our Time Is Now.
TO EVERY PERSON IN KILIFI
You Are Not Forgotten. You Are the Foundation.
I speak to you not as a stranger arriving with promises. I speak as one of you. I was born in the dust of Mijomboni village in Malindi, the son of parents who never sat in a classroom. I lost my father when I was seven years old, the same year I started school. My mother raised six of us alone, with no income and no safety net.
I know your hunger. I know your frustration. I know what it feels like to watch Kilifi's extraordinary gifts, this ocean, this land, this sun, these people, squandered election after election by leaders who see a county to be milked, not a people to be served.
"That era is over. Kilifi's moment has arrived."
Read more about KarisaMY PROMISE
Seven pillars for a Kilifi that rises.
Built from the proclamation. Measured by results.
Every ward gets extension services, subsidized seeds, and irrigation. Every farmer gets fair prices. Kilifi's soil will feed its people and fill its treasury.
210 km of ocean coastline, activated. Fishing cooperatives, mariculture, and marine tourism for women and youth. Your ocean becomes your income.
Exclusive county bursary fund. ECDE centers in all 35 wards. School feeding. No Kilifi child drops out because their parent cannot pay fees.
Enterprise funds, TVET centers, girls' education support and a dedicated boys program. The young generation will have a county government that fights for them, not against them.
I have never stolen from the public. I never will. Transparent contracts, public audits, open procurement, and a whistleblower hotline from day one.
An industrial park, agro-processing hubs, and Special Economic Zone status. Kilifi stops exporting raw materials and starts building finished goods, and jobs.
Waste-to-Energy technology turns our waste problem into electricity. Clean certified beaches become magnets for tourists and investors. 500+ green jobs created.
Miradi · Proven Before the Title
Action Before Office
Karisa has not waited for a government title to serve Kilifi. Here are three landmark community initiatives, all self-funded, all for the people.
A self-funded, county-wide behaviour change campaign against teenage pregnancy, reaching thousands of Kilifi girls with zero public funding and zero government support.
As Chairman of the Kilifi County Cassava Farmers and Processors Association, Karisa organised smallholder farmers, processors, and market linkages, entirely from personal savings.
A community-led safety strategy to address MAWOZA gang violence, driven entirely by community action, led by Karisa's campaign movement, with no government involvement required.
Karisa J. Fagio · Governor 2027
For Every Person in Kilifi: You Are Not Forgotten. You Are the Foundation.
To every farmer in Ganze, every fisher in Malindi, every mother in Kaloleni, every young person in Mtwapa who has been told by poverty and neglect that they are not enough: you are more than enough. You are everything.
"For too long, Kilifi's story has been written by those who took from this land without giving back. Today, we rewrite that story, together. Not as desperate people waiting for handouts from leaders who forget us after election day. But as proud, determined, united Kilifi people."
CLEAN COAST AND GREEN ENERGY
Power That Reaches the Home, the Farm, and the Village
Waste-to-Energy technology turns our waste problem into electricity. Clean certified beaches become magnets for tourists and investors. 500+ green jobs created.
"Beaches so clean they carry international certification. A coastline lit at night by electricity generated from our own waste. This is not fantasy. Every element of this vision exists somewhere in Africa today."
YOUTH AND WOMEN RISE
Women Building the Kilifi Economy
Enterprise funds, TVET centers, girls' education support and a dedicated boys program. The young generation will have a county government that fights for them, not against them.
CLEAN COAST AND GREEN ENERGY
Power That Reaches the Home, the Farm, and the Village
Waste-to-Energy technology turns our waste problem into electricity. Clean certified beaches become magnets for tourists and investors. 500+ green jobs created.
What has been missing in Kilifi is not resources. What has been missing is leadership that belongs to the people. That changes in 2027.
Karisa J. Fagio, Gubernatorial Candidate, Kilifi County 2027
See the visionKILIFI IN VIEW
The County the World Cannot Ignore
Beaches, farms, markets, people, and possibility.
Mitandaoni · Follow the Movement
Kilifi is Talking. Are You Listening?
Latest updates, photos, and live coverage from across Kilifi County.
View on FacebookCampaign photos and community moments from every corner of Kilifi.
View on InstagramShort-form community video, farming, fishing, youth empowerment, and the movement on the ground.
Watch on TikTokA CALL FOR SUPPORT
Stand With Kilifi. Be Part of the Change.
This campaign will not succeed because of one person's determination. It will succeed because the people of Kilifi, tired, tested, but unbroken, finally decided that enough is enough.
Join the MovementKILIFI YETU. KESHO YETU. USHINDI WETU.
Karisa J. Fagio · Incoming Governor, Kilifi County, Kenya, 2027
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