Top Left : Hon Caleb Amisi and Hon Caroli Omondi Top Right : Hon . Martha Karua with Hon. David Maraga Bottom Left: Hon . David Maraga with UGM aspirants and party officials Bottom Right: Mr. Reuben Kigame
On 16 June, Maraga delivered a State of the Nation address at Ufungamano House in Nairobi, convening national moral authorities, opposition leaders, civil society, youth leaders, and professionals for a dialogue titled “State of the Nation: The Way Forward.”
The address was built on what the Ukatiba Caravan heard directly from Kenyans across all 43 counties. Billed as a non-partisan platform for charting the country's direction ahead of 2027, it named five painful realities plaguing Kenya: disregard for the rule of law, state capture and corruption, a ravaged economy, youth unemployment, and the collapse of health and education.
In his remarks, Maraga laid out the three-word doctrine that now defines his candidacy: Reset, Restore, Rebuild. Reset means a return to constitutionalism, where no one, not the president and not the pauper, sits above the law. Restore means reclaiming the humanity and dignity stripped from ordinary Kenyans by an extractive system. Rebuild means an economy that works for farmers, small businesses and the 1.2 million young people who graduate each year into a job market that cannot absorb them. He used the occasion to present his vision under the banner “Ukombozi 2027.”
This is not abstract. It is the same thread that runs through the campaign's core pillars. Put simply, a Maraga presidency is a bet that a country can be run honestly, that stolen resources can fund hospitals and schools instead of mansions, and that leadership can be judged by what it delivers rather than what it promises. As Maraga put it in closing, “It is time to stop dreaming about the Kenya we deserve and start building it.” That is the offer on the table for 2027
The Ufungamano House address is now regarded internally as the moment the Caravan's grassroots conversations were formally translated into a national agenda, and it remains one of the most referenced speeches of the campaign to date.
Watch the full speech here