[Kictanet] Fwd: Re: Nationmedia.com News: Kibaki launches vision for growth
Odhiambo Washington
wash at wananchi.com
Thu Nov 2 11:39:58 EAT 2006
Hello Walu,
I rectified the hiccups yesterday, so I believe it should be fine.
* On 01/11/06 21:36 -0800, John Walubengo wrote:
| 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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