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

[Joseph McDonald]

Is vision 2030 a legal document ,is it binding? If 2017 a new regime comes
in and decides this is not our vision what happens to all the flagship
projects that are pending?

On Tuesday, December 20, 2011, Mugo Kibati <mugo at vision2030.go.ke> wrote:
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> Thanks for your comments. To conclude that Vision 2030 is “fairly
ideological” is misguided. Vision 2030 was launched in June 2008 by the
Grand Coalition Government after extensive deliberations by the three key
coalition partners. Indeed one of the great benefits of the Grand Coalition
Government is that it allowed us to launch a long term national development
plan absent an official opposition which ensured wide-ranging political
consensus. Going forward, it is important we secure this for posterity
hence the determination to take Vision 2030 to parliament for official
sanction by the people’s representatives.
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> As far as public servants go, they serve the government of the day,
currently the Grand Coalition Government and it’s policies. When a new
government come in, they will also expect public servants to implement
their policies.
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> Regards,
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> Mugo Kibati
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> Director General
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> Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat
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> KUSCCO Centre, 2nd Floor - Upper Hill
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> PO Box 52301 - 00200, Nairobi
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> Email: mugo at vision2030.go.ke
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> www.vision2030.go.ke
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> From: kictanet-bounces+mugo=vision2030.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:
kictanet-bounces+mugo=vision2030.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of
Daniel Waweru
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:29 PM
> To: Mugo Kibati
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day
2)
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> If it is true that promotion of civil servants depends on reading Vision
2030, then that strikes me as quite illiberal. Vision 2030 is a fairly
ideological document, as well as one far more closely identified with one
of the coalition partners than with the other. Promotion in what is
supposed to be a neutral civil service should not depend on mastering
ideological, or apparently partisan, documents.
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> Daniel Waweru
> www.kenyaimagine.com
> Art and analysis; debate and opinion.
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> On 14 December 2011 10:26, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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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