The United Green Movement (UGM) Party convened the National Young Aspirants Convention in Limuru on 7–8 December 2025, bringing together over 150 aspirants from 44 counties across the country ahead of the 2027 General Elections. Participants represented all elective levels, joined by UGM Party leadership and the Party’s Presidential Candidate, Hon. David Maraga.
The Convention aimed to position young aspirants as a central force in the generational renewal of leadership and the restoration of constitutional governance in Kenya.
A central outcome of the Convention was the adoption of a National Campaign Accountability Charter, binding aspirants to ethical leadership, constitutional fidelity and transparency in public service. The Charter establishes a common political discipline for campaigns and future leadership, affirming that public office is a public trust, not a private entitlement.
The Convention also adopted the Young Aspirants Limuru I Declaration, a bold political statement grounded in the recognition that Kenya is facing a deep leadership and governance crisis. Aspirants acknowledged the capture of public institutions by political elites, the erosion of the rule of law, rising economic distress, and the shrinking future for young people. The Declaration affirms that the future of Kenya must be reclaimed through Ukatiba, accountable leadership, and the rebuilding of strong, independent institutions.
Recognising that more than 75 percent of Kenyans are below the age of 45, the aspirants committed to organising young people as a decisive political force ahead of 2027. A key resolution of the Declaration is a national grassroots mobilisation drive targeting at least eight million newly registered voters, anchored in ward-level, constituency, and county-based organising.
Throughout the Convention, aspirants gave direct accounts of governance failures in their counties and nationally, including weak service delivery, misuse of public resources, institutional capture, and declining public trust. These reflections sharpened a shared resolve to replace personality politics and ethnic mobilisation with ideological, issue-based leadership anchored in performance, accountability, and citizen power.
Participants reaffirmed their commitment to eco-centric politics, social justice, and constitutionalism, rejecting transactional politics and narrow ethnic interests. The Declaration commits young aspirants to defend the Constitution, protect national sovereignty, and ensure that leadership serves the people and the long-term interests of the nation.
Hon. David Maraga addressed the Convention, challenging the young aspirants to carry forward the long walk of the Ukatiba Movement and to treat leadership as a moral and constitutional responsibility. He emphasised that the transformation of Kenya requires leaders anchored in character, institutional independence, and unwavering respect for the rule of law.
The Convention concluded with a collective commitment by the young aspirants to organise together, campaign together, protect the vote, and take political responsibility for shaping Kenya’s future in the 2027 General Elections. The group resolved to reconvene in the second quarter of 2026 to evaluate progress and deepen strategic coordination.
The Accountability Charter and the Limuru I Declaration now stand as political instruments guiding the emergence of a new generation of leadership, aligned behind Hon. David Maraga’s presidential bid and committed to transforming Kenya through Ukatiba, accountable governance, and a renewed social contract with the Kenyan people.