He was the first presidential aspirant to release his manifesto for the
2013 Kenyan general election. During the launch, he said he would vie on a
Kenya National Congress party ticket. The thirteen key areas that he promised to address if elected for the president of
Kenya were: i) National security, ii) food security, iii) employment infrastructure, iv) health care, v) education, vi) tourism, vii) slum upgrade, viii) water, ix) agriculture, x) diaspora, xi) environment and xii) manufacturing. He was the first Kenyan presidential aspirant with no African name. His constituents have in the past called him
muthungu (a white man in
Kikuyu language) for the reason that if he calls for a meeting to start at 7am, it will start precisely at 7am and not later. He formed a working coalition with Hon.
Raphael Tuju of Party of Action and reached out to like-minded presidential aspirants to take on the leading coalitions of
CORD and
Jubilee. This coalition was expected to be the third force in the elections and provide an alternative for the electorate. He eventually settled on
Ronald Osumba as his running mate. He indicated that most of his
KSh.300 million/= (about US$3.4 million) campaign financing came from small contributors – the largest single donation standing at
KSh.1 million/= (about US$11,400). == Interests and hobbies ==