Maono ya Kilifi · Vision and Policy Platform
A New Kilifi Is Possible.
"Close your eyes and imagine: beaches so clean they carry international certification. A coastline lit at night by electricity generated from our own waste. Fishing communities with modern equipment, cold storage, and fair markets. This is not fantasy. Every single element of this vision exists somewhere in Africa today. What has been missing in Kilifi is not resources. What has been missing is leadership that belongs to the people."
As Chairman of the Kilifi Cassava Value Chain and Lead Agricultural Consultant advising the Government of Liberia, Karisa Fagio brings hands-on, evidence-based agricultural transformation expertise that no other candidate can match.
Kilifi's 210km Indian Ocean coastline is the most underdeveloped economic asset in Kenya. Under a Fagio administration, it becomes a jobs engine for coastal communities, for women, for youth, for every fishing family.
Having educated himself through bursaries and holiday jobs, and having funded his siblings' schooling from a student's pocket, Fagio understands education poverty from the inside. No Kilifi child should start life where he did.
Kilifi's youth and women are not a voting bloc to be flattered. They are an economic force to be equipped, trusted, and given the tools to build the county's future. The blue economy will have jobs with your name on them.
The traditional palm wine (Mnazi) economy of Kilifi's coastal belt represents one of the most overlooked community income streams in the county. A Fagio administration will formally recognise this economy, protect producers, and build a value chain around it.
Fagio has never held county public office. He carries no baggage of corruption, no patronage debts, and no financial interests that conflict with public service. Clean hands in office does not begin at the Governor's desk. It begins in the village, where the people can see it, measure it, and hold it to account.
Kilifi County holds some of Kenya's most extraordinary natural and cultural assets. A Fagio administration will make tourism a serious pillar of the county economy. And devolution will travel all the way to the last village, carrying real money, real authority, and real accountability.
What We Stand Against
The 2027 election is a generational decision. Kilifi County has waited too long for leaders who truly serve. Here is what a Fagio administration opposes and will dismantle from day one.
Leaders who discover Kilifi only at election time and then disappear for five years.
Patronage politics and networks that have failed Kilifi's people for decades.
Public funds disappearing without accountability or transparency to the people.
A county government that ignores farmers, elderly women, and coastal communities.
Children dropping out of school because a county government could not fund their education.
210km of coastline lying underdeveloped while communities remain in poverty.
Uchumi wa Pwani
The Palm Economy Vision in Detail
Thousands of coastal households depend on palm-based livelihoods for daily income. This is a community economy that deserves formal government recognition and structured support.
Formal county policy recognition of Mnazi and palm wine producers as a legitimate economic constituency, with a dedicated line item in the county budget for their support and development.
Support for the formation of producer cooperatives to give palm economy participants collective bargaining power, fair pricing, and access to markets beyond the immediate village economy.
Dedicated support for elderly women engaged in palm-based economic activity. These are the people who have kept this economy alive for generations while governments looked the other way.
Connecting palm economy producers to wider county and regional markets, increasing household income and giving Kilifi's coastal heritage the commercial footprint it deserves.