The promise has not been fully fulfilled, but there is evidence of ongoing implementation. The two-year deadline expired in September 2024. By 2026, available project-level details from Open Budget Kenya and the Ministry of Education’s TVET Sub-Sector Report for FY2026/27–FY2028/29 support the following breakdown of the 52 promised institutions. Open Budget Kenya’s FY2023/24 record names the 15 first-phase projects, while the Ministry report records 12 of them; Matungu, Kiambaa, Sigowet/Soin, Mwingi West, Kilifi South, Nyali, Muhoroni, Kibra, Kwanza, Wajir West, Subukia and Narok North as ongoing at 21 per cent completion, and identifies Kangundo and Kibwezi West as stalled. The Ministry report further notes three additional institutions that commenced in 2024; Webuye East, Kitui East, and Molo/Elburgon as ongoing. Taken together, these sources account for 15 institutions under construction and two stalled, leaving approximately 35 of the original 52 still unaccounted for in the available documentation, with no clear confirmation that construction has begun. Because the promise required all 52 institutions to be fully equipped within two years, the available evidence does not support a finding of completion.

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