Kenya vision 2030 and its contributing sectors

  

Date Posted: 3/19/2014 6:52:36 AM

Posted By: Karjosse  Membership Level: Silver  Total Points: 615

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Kenya vision 2030 is the long-term development plan that aims at creating a globally competitive and prosperous nation providing high quality life to all its citizens. It aims at developing a newly industrialized middle income country by 2030.

This vision is divided into different areas referred to as pillars and include the economic, social and political pillars. The economic pillar aims at maintaining a sustained economic growth of 10% p.a for the next 20 years. On the other hand, the social pillar aims at building a just and cohesive society to enjoy an equitable social development in a clean and secure environment. The political pillar’s objective is develop an issue-based, people-centered, results-oriented and an accountable democratic political systems.

For the achievement of the long-term plan, it has sectors to contribute to its full implementation and achievement. This sectors are mostly economic and social with the major contribution to this vision. They include;

i) Tourism – This sector is believed to increase the GDP as most income and revenue is mostly from this sector. This is because Kenya has most of the attraction sites making most tourists come leaving behind a lot of income. Kenya therefore invest in this sector to make it most beneficial and profitable and this will finally increase the GDP as planned and outlined in the vision of the country.

ii) Agriculture – Kenya mainly export agricultural products to the outside world. This is the other sector that contribute to the overall GDP of the country. The vision 2030 aims at increasing the quality of the agriculture sector by increasing irrigation schemes as well creation of more cultivable lands. This will increase the quantity and quality of products thereby increasing the national income from the agricultural products.

iii) Education, science and technology – Education sector makes Kenya produce highly qualified professionals that will compete

in the global market. This will therefore make Kenya have more income from the international businesses. Kenya have therefore increase the standards of the education systems for the benefits they will reap from the international standard businesses and investments.

iv) Financial services – Kenya have being in a low production rate of 2.6% making the nation unable to meet some of the financial standards and budgets. This have therefore been put into consideration in the development plan. The nation has incorporated a plan to improve the standards of the financial services to ensure that the country can meet all its national budgets. It include reducing the interest rate on loans and increasing the opportunities for the youth in the financial services.

The above sectors are the major contributors of the vision 2030 goals, the full implementation and successful incorporation of them in this long-term development plan will see Kenya to the next level in terms of standards and quality of life to all Kenyans.

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