Which political manifesto can we take to the bank in August?

Kenyans queue to cast their votes in the 2017 General Election. [File, Standard]

An American detective television series known as Baretta aired on ABC from 1975, popularised the phrase “take it to the bank.” The phrase refers to a promise whose reliability is so guaranteed that it can be equated to money safely locked away in a bank.

The big question Kenyans are asking about a month away to the elections is, “can we take the manifestos the presidential candidates have launched, to the bank? Are they that reliable?”