Hon. Aisha Mnyazi Katana

ASPIRING: Senator –
Kilifi County
COUNTY: Kilifi

Hon. Aisha Mnyazi Katana is aspiring to serve as Senator for Kilifi County under Chama Cha Mzalendo (CCM) in the 2027 General Elections. She holds a Master of Science in Organization Community Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Third World Development Studies. She is passionate about advancing equitable development and ensuring that Kilifi County fully benefits from its rich natural resources, tourism potential, agricultural sector, fisheries, and youthful population.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

She recognizes Kilifi County’s immense economic potential while acknowledging the persistent challenges of poverty, unemployment, water scarcity, poor healthcare, inadequate infrastructure, educational barriers, land disputes, underdeveloped fisheries, climate change, and substance abuse.

My political agenda

She has identified poverty, water scarcity, inadequate healthcare services, poor road infrastructure, school dropout due to teenage pregnancies and early marriages, historical land injustices, an underdeveloped blue economy, and drug and substance abuse among young people as key development challenges facing the county.

Her vision is to build a prosperous, healthy, educated, and economically empowered Kilifi County where every resident has access to quality services and opportunities. Her agenda focuses on strengthening oversight of county resources, increasing investment in youth employment and entrepreneurship, expanding vocational training, improving water and transport infrastructure, supporting land adjudication and issuance of title deeds, promoting the blue economy, strengthening healthcare services, expanding bursaries and scholarships, addressing drug and substance abuse, and promoting peaceful coexistence, social cohesion, and inclusive development.