Roots Party Kenya (RPK) is a political group party headed by
George Wajackoyah
George Luchiri Wajackoyah is a legal practitioner based in Nairobi, Kenya and an independent political campaigner. Wajackoyah was also a presidential candidate in Kenya's 2022 General Election held on 9 August 2022. He was running under the Roo ...
. Wajackoya was the presidential candidate and Justina Wamae was the deputy presidential candidate of the alliance. The alliance unveiled its
manifesto
A manifesto is a published declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party or government. A manifesto usually accepts a previously published opinion or public consensus or promotes a ...
at
Kenyatta International Convention Centre on 30 June 2022. the Roots Party is a radical party without a real ideology but it does lean towards communism.
Slogan and symbol
The party's slogan is "Tingiza Mti" (Swahili for "Shake the Tree").
Their symbol is a tree.
George Wajackoyah's manifesto
The Root Party has 10 "Commandments of freedom". In Wajackoyah's manifesto speech which occurred at July 30th, 2022, Wajackoyah mentioned in the manifesto that Nairobi is a "corrupt city for the elite" and compared a possible capital change to Isiolo to
Nigeria and
Tanzania and saying that
Nairobi is a slow city, mentioning that Nairobi only has 5 exit ways.
References
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Political parties in Kenya