Not Commenced Promises

  • Promises Made

Promises

  1. Maintain active involvement of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) within the mining sector
  2. Capacitate disadvantaged groups to actively participate in the tourism industry.
  3. Facilitate a more coherent SME framework to strengthen production links across businesses and industry.
  4. Facilitate market access for small-scale producers.
  5. Provision of business start-up kits targeting technically skilled graduates of vocational training centres and other tertiary institutions to create job opportunities through enterprise development.
  6. Provide training in business management skills and business development services.
  7. Establish service centres that provide milling, technical and gold-buying services to small scale miners.
  8. Impose levies and taxes for the export of unbeneficiated mineral resources.
  9. Capacitation of the country's Financial Institutions to support export businesses by strengthening the export credit and guarantee industry.
  10. Leverage the manufacturing sector's relationships with local, regional and international development financial institutions to unlock dependable lines of credit.
  11. Enact the Corporate Governance Bill.
  12. Lowering the cost of doing business.
  13. Establishment of an international gateway.
  14. Establish Public Finance Management System ( PFMS ) district kiosks and connecting 63 Rural District Councils.
  15. Role out of the national data centre recovery site (NDCR).
  16. Work with associations representing various informal sector groups in order to come up with appropriate strategies for the development of this sector.
  17. Formalisation of the informal sector to ensure creation of decent jobs.
  18. Create incentives for introduction of innovative financial products which are easily accessible to the general public.
  19. Incentivising member-owned financial institutions such as: credit unions, self-help groups, savings and credit cooperatives.
  20. Intensify the rollout of financial literacy programs in collaboration with financial and private sectors.
  21. Establishing a gold-backed bank.
  22. Enhancing foreign currency retention thresholds for exporting firms.
  23. Ensure that performance-based bonuses are consistently paid on time and that workers receive fair wages and benefits.
  24. Ensure the conditions of service are progressively improved in tandem with the recovery of the economy.
  • Promises Made

Promises

  1. Invest more in schools' infrastructure development and proper resourcing of schools through the building of 2000 schools by 2023.
  2. Support training of medical professionals in advanced medical techniques and procedures in India, China, Cuba and Russia, amongst others.
  3. Develop and implement a health service manpower skills development plan and build specialised high-tech health facilities in order to become a sub-regional health tourism hub.
  4. Carry out legislative reforms to ensure that any new private and public sector infrastructure development has appropriate facilities to accommodate people with disabilities.
  5. Promote an all inclusive society that encourages participation of people with disabilities in all socio-economic activities.
  6. Committed to upholding the provisions of the National Constitution regarding the welfare of the elderly.
  7. Implement measures to eradicate poverty and inequalities in the country.
  8. Non-destruction of houses and/or property on land that is pending regularisation unless designated for schools, clinics and roads.
  9. Avail more land and houses for allocation to the youth, women, war veterans, those with disabilities, and other vulnerable members of society.
  10. Put an end to irregular allocations of land and development of shanty towns.
  11. Promote universal health coverage.
  12. Ensure proper coordination of reproductive, maternal, new born, child and adolescent health programs through a new national health strategy.
  13. Support operational research by targeting possible solutions to NCDs.
  14. Promote employer-led training programs by introducing an appropriate recognition and incentive framework for companies to train apprentices.
  15. Rehabilitate and establish at least one vocational training centre per administrative district.
  16. Adequately train and reorient the teaching profession in consultation with the teachers associations and unions in order to explore possible ways to improve the curricula.
  17. Support investment in peoples’ skills development.