The Pocketbook
Cost of living, jobs, the housing levy, SHA and the Hustler Fund. Has the ordinary household’s position improved since 2022?
Garissa town hall · 10 October 2026
Bottom-Up
or Left Behind?
Northern Kenya grades the manifesto — four years on. A public debate on what was promised in 2022, what has arrived, and what remains to be delivered.
Saturday, 10 October · 2–6 p.m. EAT
Register your interestProposed venueGarissa University
Garissa, Kenya · Venue confirmation pending
Time · East Africa Time2:00–6:00 p.m.
Doors open at 1:00 p.m.
ParticipationFree entry · 400 seats planned
In-person discussion and planned live broadcast
The manifesto is judged where it landed.
Political Headache and Nenosphere bring the conversation to Garissa. Residents of the north-east will assess the government’s 2022 manifesto against their experience of roads, water, teachers, security and livelihoods.
Four thematic rounds, two open-mic windows and a closing scorecard give the audience a direct role. Each round begins with a documented promise; panellists and participants are invited to ground their claims in evidence.
The event is being planned for 10 October. The venue, programme and speaker lineup remain subject to confirmation.
The discussion
Four rounds. A verdict from the room.
The Northern Ledger
Roads, water, drought response, teacher shortages, security and ID vetting. What has arrived in the north-east, and on what timeline?
Generation Next
Youth employment, university funding and what would make a young voter believe that turning out in 2027 matters.
Kenya in the World
Debt, the IMF relationship, regional diplomacy and the Somalia border as it is lived in Garissa.
Running order
An afternoon on the record.
Proposed programme. All times are East Africa Time (EAT).
- 1:00 p.m.
Doors, registration and seating
- 2:00 p.m.
Anthem, prayers and welcome
- 2:20 p.m.
Scene-setter film: The Promises of 2022
- 2:30 p.m.
The Pocketbook
- 3:15 p.m.
Open microphones: audience round one
- 3:35 p.m.
Asr prayer and refreshments
- 3:55 p.m.
The Northern Ledger
- 4:40 p.m.
Generation Next
- 5:05 p.m.
Kenya in the World
- 5:25 p.m.
Open microphones: students and women first
- 5:45 p.m.
Panel letter grades and live audience vote
- 6:00 p.m.
Close, thanks and group photograph
Proposed hosts and panel
The voices on stage.
The following lineup is proposed; speaker confirmations will be announced.
Oduor Jagero
Host · Founder, Political Headache
Muhammed Duale
Co-host · Political analyst
Odhiambo Otieno
Panellist · Political analyst
Advice Mundalo
Panellist · Political analyst
Gordon Kachola
Panellist · International affairs
Moses Nyanduga
Panellist · Student leader, KU
An additional place is reserved for a woman panellist from the north-east, with a local civic or women’s-rights voice proposed.
The hall has the final say.
At the close, each panellist gives the manifesto a letter grade and defends it in sixty seconds. The audience then votes by a show of hands, counted on camera.
The planned public record includes the panel and audience grades, the promises measured and the evidence behind them. A full broadcast, highlights and short clips will carry the discussion beyond the room.
Students and women will be prioritised at the open microphones. The programme includes a break for Asr prayer and refreshments.
Garissa · Registration
Bring your questions. Add your voice.
Register your interest as an attendee, contributor, partner or member of the media. We will follow up with confirmation and practical event details.