Discuss the economic pillars of vision 2030clearly, outlining how these pillars are to be advised.
Vision 2030 was established to improve the prosperity of all Kenyans economically. This economic development programme has the aim of moving up or achieving an average Gross Domestic Product of at least 10% percent annually. This program aims at targeting all the regions in Kenya. It looks at how it will create employment in Kenya at least by half.
It targeted the sectors that make up the large part of Kenya’s GDP. These sectors include; agricultural and livestock, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, tourism, Bussiness Process Outsourcing, and financial services. Vision 2030 aims at creating a globally competitive and prosperous country with a high quality of life, and it has been a long term development program that was started by Mwai Kibaki in the year 2008. It will be dealing with equity and building bridges in the gap between the poor and the rich.
Vision 2030 wants to transform Kenya into a new country that every citizen will be proud of. Citizens will enjoy a clean and secure environment. Vision 2030 has been laid on three pillars, which include; economic, social, and political governance. The economic pillar aims at achieving an average economic growth rate of ten per cent annually. Social pillar aims at bringing people together and building an equitable society where no citizen is to be discriminated, each an every citizen is to enjoy the resources in the country to the fullest. Political pillar aims at coming up with more democratic country; political pillar objectives include; constitutional reform, the sovereignty of the people, gender equality, national values, bills of right, public participation, among others.
Vision 2030 economic pillar
As we have discussed above, the economic pillar aims at improving Kenya economy, that is to make the country a more competitive nation, to utilize all resources in the country in order to prosper all the regions in the country. The main aim is to achieve 10 percent Gross Domestic Product per annum. In economic pillar we have the sectors that have been targeted, these sectors are provide nearly to the half of the country’s GDP.
Tourism sector
This aims at developing resorts in the cities for the tourists , preserving and protecting the parks, having meetings and conferences, developing of Niche Tourism among others.
Agricultural and Livestock Sector
It has always been the backbone of the Kenya economics and it contributes most to the country’s GDP. It is mainly practiced in rural areas, the vision 2030 aims at supporting both small and large scale farmers in the country by; educating the farmers, lowering the cost of seeds and farming equipments, providing high breed seeds to the farmers, marketing farmers product within and outside Kenya among others.
Manufacturing
Kenya is the most industrialized country in the East Africa which accounts for only 14 per cent of GDP . It has only shown a slight increase since independence. This is because of the lack of , hydroelectric power, high energy cost, dumping of the cheap imports among others. However due to urbanization, industry and manufacturing have become increasingly important to the economy. Industry activities have concentrated in three largest urban center; Mombasa, Nairobi and Kisumu. Vision 2030 aims at making Kenya the most industrialized country in the world.
Social pillar
It aims at building just and cohesive society with social equity. It aim is to fight corruption and to build bridges in the gap that do exist in between the rich and the poor. It has given special attention to the communities that lives in semi-arid and arid areas, this is to ensure that the people there will be able to practice farming even if is through irrigation, it is working towards making those arid areas productive just like other regions. This is to reduce the high rate of poverty that is caused by unemployment, education, training sanitation among others. It is working towards improving;
Education and Training
There will be establishment of early childhood education, primary schools, secondary schools reformation, teachers training, providing facilities needed and improve research and new technology in those areas. The government will also fund the establishment of the universities and other training institutions to support activities under economic pillar.
Health