[Kictanet] Fwd: Re: Nationmedia.com News: Kibaki launches vision for growth

Thu Nov 2 08:36:30 EAT 2006

Wash,

I think your KICTANet list is having serious hiccups. 
Attached is what i sent on Tuesday morning. Today is Thrs
and am yet to see it pop-out..

Maybe Alice can forward the comments - now that I see she
seems to be the lucky one with her 'posts' going through.

walu.

--- John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:27:47 -0800 (PST)
> From: John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Kictanet] Nationmedia.com News: Kibaki
> launches vision for growth 
> To: Kenya ICT Policy - kictanet <kictanet at kictanet.or.ke>
> 
> How tragic indeed.  Huge oversight if ICT has no central
> role  in this Vision 2030....further more it seems to
> focuse on Industrialisation (halloo! that used to be the
> target for economies in the 1950s). 
> 
> Now people talk about a Knowledge economy.  Indeed
> Industrialisation per-se no longer provides a competitive
> advantage.  The advantage lies in leveraging Information
> Technologies to create value beyond Industrialisation.
> 
> Vision 2030 might be targeting the future - but using the
> 'side' mirror i.e driving into the future but relying too
> much in the previous, economical fundamentals.  We need
> to
> refocus it into the right direction.  I don't know how
> and
> if there is room and a role for KICTANet here.
> 
> walu.
>  
> 
> --- Nation Media <news at nationmedia.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------
> 
> eadera at idrc.or.ke has sent you this article from
> Nationmedia.com with this message:
> Colleagues,It is TRAGIC! that vision 2030 has not given
> prominence to the role of ICTs as an enabler - it's not
> highlighted in the article, maybe in the document
> itself?.
> Who's working on the strategy to deliver this vision? and
> what role can we play as KICTANET to change this? This is
> a
> challenge I throw to all of us! We must do something! The
> countries mentioned in this article have been
> fundamentally
> transformed by ICTs. your views on practical steps we can
> take to ensure ICTs are well integrated in the strategy?
> EdithKibaki launches vision for growth Published:
> 10/31/2006By: MUGO NJERU  
> ---------------------------------
> 
> President Kibaki yesterday launched an ambitious economic
> programme aimed at transforming Kenya into an economic
> powerhouse with a sustainable growth rate of 10 per cent
> by
> 2030. 
> The President told leaders to keep politics out of the
> project dubbed Kenya Vision 2030. 
> 
> President Kibaki greets Nation CEO Wilfred Kiboro and
> other
> members of the National Economic and Social Council
> yesterday before officially launching Vision 2030 at KICC
> in Nairobi. The vision is expected to transform Kenya
> into
> a prosperous nation. Photo/William Oeri. 
> 
> He said: "Vision 2030 goes beyond any single government,
> party, political persuasion or religion. It is a call to
> all Kenyans to make it possible for us to wipe out from
> our
> land absolute poverty, famine, mass unemployment and
> preventable deaths from malaria and water-borne
> diseases." 
> 
> Although President Kibaki said he was optimistic that the
> development goal would be achieved, it will depend on how
> the country manages its affairs in the next five years. 
> High quality of life 
> "Under Vision 2030, we see ourselves becoming a
> middle-income, prosperous country, providing a high
> quality
> of life for all our people," the President said at the
> launch of the initiative at the Kenyatta International
> Conference Centre in Nairobi. 
> To realise the goal, he said Kenyans must build on the
> competitive advantages in key sectors of the economy to
> expand the country's share of the global market. 
> Besides the 10 per cent growth over 25 years, another
> pillar of the programme will be building a just and
> cohesive society with equitable social development and a
> clean and secure environment. 
> The initiative also aims at building a democratic
> political
> system that nurtures issue-based politics, the rule of
> law
> and protects the rights and freedoms of every individual
> and society. 
> Several leaders at the meeting described the vision as
> noble and said it should be supported by all Kenyans. ODM
> Kenya secretary-general Anyang Nyong'o said the vision
> was
> good but its success would depend on the goodwill of
> successive governments. "The Government and the
> opposition
> are united on this vision," he said. 
> Finance minister Amos Kimunya said its success depended
> on
> people working together as one nation. 
> He and other speakers said it was possible to propel the
> country to the levels of economies like Malaysia,
> Singapore, Indonesia, Chile and South Korea, most of
> which
> which were in the same economic footing with Kenya in the
> 1970s. 
> Trade and Industry minister Mukhisa Kituyi said the
> vision
> is achievable if it is not held hostage by any government
> and if it receives support from the media and the private
> sector. 
> President Kibaki said for the country to realise the
> success of the vision, it was important to put in place a
> clear strategy detailing what needed to be achieved for
> each of the pillars of the programme for the next five
> years. 
> He said that over the years, coffee production has been
> declining from over 120,000 tons a year to less than
> 50,000
> this year, which had a devastating effect on farmers'
> incomes and employment opportunities. 
> "We need to make sure that under Vision 2030, the
> strategies that will be developed will not repeat the
> mistakes of the past and avoid imposing a costly burden
> on
> the people of this country," he said. 
> On manufacturing, the President said the sector had
> barely
> grown in the last 20 years. "The textile industry which
> was
> very vibrant in 1970s and 1980s has virtually been wiped
> out while the EPZ-based enterprises are experiencing
> serious competition in the global market," he said. 
> Leather and other livestock-related industries have also
> not made significant breakthroughs in the global market
> although these are sectors in which Kenya could have
> competitive advantage and growth if the right strategies
> and policies were applied. 
> "I challenge the experts who are developing the
> strategies
> to pay special attention to these sectors for the next
> five
> years, because they have the greatest potential for
> delivering widely shared economic and social benefits for
> the Kenyan people," President Kibaki said. 
> On tourism, he noted that although the number of tourists
> visiting Kenya had increased over the last few years,
> income from the sector was far below that of small
> European
> countries, the Caribbean and North Africa. 
> With proper planning and investment, the country should
> be
> able to attract and accommodate five million tourists by
> 2012, the President said. 
> He said the economic performance of any country was
> closely
> tied to the application of science and technology and
> that
> was why the country was investing considerably in higher
> education and research institutions. 
> The vision strategy, he said, should be geared towards
> enhancing Kenya's scientific and technological capacity,
> promoting a scientific culture and integrating science
> and
> technology into the production and service sectors. 
> There was also need to expand, upgrade and sustain health
> facilities while ensuring that they remain accessible and
> affordable to all Kenyans. 
> President Kibaki said rapid urban population growth had
> resulted in serious unemployment, growing slums and an
> increase of hawkers. It was also causing a severe strain
> on
> the provision of services such as maintenance of law and
> order, water supply, sewerage and sanitation, education
> and
> health facilities. 
> The President said: "Effective planning of and ability to
> enforce compliance for the proper administration of our
> cities and major towns requires to be accorded high
> priority in the strategies that will be developed to meet
> the challenges of urbanisation." 
> He directed that measures to wipe out slums and replace
> them with well-planned, low-cost houses in all major
> towns
> be implemented without delay. 
>   
> 
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