[kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 2)

[Barrack Otieno]

On the economic pillar bwana Kibati, it is said wealth is in what you
keep as opposed to what you spend, in Europe i see deliberate efforts
to close down towns during the weekend and open up the space for small
scale traders, considering the fact that our market is 70% Kadogo are
arrangements like this envisaged, the Maasai Markets in Hurligham and
behind the Supreme Court, can we see more of this in Kinungi
(Vegetables) Kiserian (Goats), just a wild thought i wonder the
implication of this on the economy?

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am quite afraid to engage, as like majority of the population and
> politicians, I am yet to read up on Vision 2030 and its many pillars (though
> civil servants are required to have knowledge of it before promotion).
> However , I am keen on a few issues, and not sure how Vision 2030 touches on
> them
>
> Ease of doing business - almost 50 years since independence, government and
> especially local government are biggest hindrances when it comes to doing
> business. Are there plans to make it easy to start a business, like even
> make it free (free licenses) and guarantee site security (for small kiosks,
> like allocated areas) with the aim that the business will be taxed later on
> . Free licensing with penalties for those without means we have an idea of
> number of businesses, which we can tax after 1 year and so on. More
> businesses means more tax and more employment.
> Agriculture - our agriculture is still primitive, and for all intents we may
> still be using stone age tools. How do we move to mass production and
> economies of scale, mechanize agriculture for small scale holders?
> Research & manufacturing - we do almost 0 research in this country, meaning
> we import what is often referred to as "superior technology" from Europe
> (Germany) and other countries. Why not have universities especially tackle
> the issue of processing agricultural produce. We also need agricultural
> produce processing industries to serve our hinterland. Kenya is a small
> agricultural nation compared to Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan which have
> more arable land (we can outdo them if we take irrigation seriously)
> Security - there is virtually no security in this country, seeing that a
> gang can comfortably set up a toll point on the countries most modern
> highway (Thika road) and "tax" every motorist Kshs 1,000 , unperturbed. The
> scenario is repeated across the country where it becomes almost impossible
> to conduct any activity past dusk.
>
>
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