The government has dismissed claims that it is reluctant to implement the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report, insisting it is fully committed to the process, Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura said during a briefing in Nairobi.
Mwaura said critics questioning the government’s commitment are “misguided,” stressing that the administration has already put in place clear mechanisms to ensure the report is implemented under the leadership of President William Ruto.
“We are saying that the whole issue of the NADCO report is critical to us, and those people who are saying that we are not keen on ensuring that we implement the NADCO report, I think they are misguided,” Mwaura said.
“The government is extremely committed to the report, and that is why we have actually come up with various means to implement it.”
He explained that implementation is being pursued through three main pathways: administrative action, legislation, and constitutional amendments.
According to Mwaura, a five-member committee tasked with overseeing the process is already operational, and senior government officials have been fully briefed.
“The five-member committee is already on course. We had a very good meeting and a very good briefing with all of the principal secretaries last week,” he said.
On the administrative front, Mwaura said the government has developed clear implementation templates for all 54 state departments to ensure accountability and measurable action.
“We have developed templates for each of the 54 state departments on their mandate, so that every principal secretary knows what they are supposed to do, like the reduction of the cost of living,” he noted.
Legislatively, Mwaura said 16 bills linked to the NADCO report are currently at various stages in both the National Assembly and the Senate, demonstrating what he termed as the seriousness of the broad-based government in implementing agreed reforms.
“We have also taken the legislative angle, whereby 16 bills are already at various stages in Parliament… to ensure that we are actually very serious in terms of implementing what we have agreed,” he said.
Mwaura added that some aspects of the report will require constitutional amendments and a referendum, particularly those affecting the structure of the Executive and Parliament.
He noted that out of the 10-point agenda in the NADCO report, eight can be implemented administratively, while two must go through a referendum as guided by Chapter 16 of the Constitution.
“We will end up having a referendum based on two of the 10 points of the agenda,” he said, emphasizing that the process will strictly follow constitutional provisions.
Nairobi County Senator and ODM Party Secretary General Edwin Sifuna had on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, accused the committee implementing the 10-point agenda and the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report of inaction, warning the committee had 30 days to meet its March 7 deadline without extension.
Speaking in an interview on Citizen TV, Sifuna said the committee has done nothing since it was formed in August 2023.
“A deadline of March 7 was given to the committee for it to submit its final report. I am here to sound the alarm that the committee has 30 days to give us a final report on the memorandum of understanding. It has been six months and so far they have done absolutely nothing,” he said.
The National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report, adopted by Parliament in February 2024, contains a five-point plan for constitutional, legal and policy reforms covering electoral justice, the cost of living, political party fidelity, and the law on multiparty democracy.
The 10-Point Agenda was signed between the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) in March 2025 to operationalize the NADCO report, create the Office ofthe Official Opposition Leader, and reinstate the Prime Minister's position.
