Business Daily (Nairobi)
10 June 2008
The Kenyan government is today launching the Vision 2030, a blueprint for accelerating transformation of Kenya into a rapidly industrialising middle-income nation by the year 2030.
The aim of the Kenya Vision 2030 is to create a globally competitive and prosperous country with a high quality of life by 2030. The vision is anchored on three pillars namely; economic, social and political, under which flagship projects and other priority programmes will be implemented during the next 23 years.
The backbone of the three pillars will be macroeconomic stability; continuity in governance reforms; enhanced equity and wealth creation opportunities for the poor; infrastructure; energy; Science, Technology and Innovation (STI); land reform; human recourses development; security and public sector reforms.
The economic pillar aims to achieve an economic growth rate of 10 per cent per annum and sustaining the same till 2030 in order to generate more resources for Kenyans.
On the other hand, the social pillar, seeks to create a just, cohesive and equitable social development in a clean and secure environment, while the political pillar aims to realise an issue-based, people-centred, results-oriented and accountable democratic system for the country.
The vision will be implemented through five-year medium-term rolling plans, with the first one covering the period between 2008 and 2012.
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