Nairobi — A countrywide campaign to sensitise Kenyans on the provisions of the Vision 2030 economic blue print started on Thursday when more than 1,000 delegates from coast province attended a two-day training.

Coast Province Planning Officer Richard Mwarema said the training was aimed at entrenching the vision at the grassroots level so that Kenyans "can own it. We would like the common mwananchi to feel that they have a role to play in the attainment of the goals as envisaged in the blue print," he said.

Since it was launched in 2006, the vision that seeks to position Kenya into a medium income country by 2030 has been criticized by some economic experts and termed as "too visionary", "impractical" and "elitist".

It is this image that the government seeks to erase from the minds of Kenyans as the first advocacy workshop kicked off in Mombasa yesterday at Mbaraki hall with 14 more planned in various towns, Mr Mwarema noted.

The delegates comprise district commissioners and officers, chiefs, heads of departments drawn from various ministries and parastatal heads among others.

"When all these people are trained on the interpretation of the vision, they are expected to disseminate this information at the grassroots level when they go back to the villages," said Mr Mwarema.

The training includes topics on how to identify investment opportunities that once disseminated to the public, Kenyans will be able to easily identify and make use of the available opportunities.

Today, (Friday) Planning and National Development minister Wycliffe Oparanya is expected to launch the district development plans that will run concurrently with the national plans.