Kenya Vision 2030 is the long-term development blueprint for the country and is motivated by a collective aspiration for a better society by the year 2030. The aim of Kenya Vision 2030 is to create “a globally competitive and prosperous country with a high quality of life by 2030”. It aims to transform Kenya into “a newly-industrialising, middle income country providing a high quality of life to all its citizens in a clean and secure environment”.
The Vision is a product of a highly participatory, consultative and inclusive stakeholders’ (international and local experts, ordinary Kenyans and stakeholders from all parts of the country) process carried out between October 2006 and May 2007. Between July and August 2007, the contents of the Vision 2030 were again subjected to open consultations in all provinces in Kenya before the document was finalized.
PILLARS OF THE VISION
- Moving the Economy up the Value ChainEconomic Pillar: This pillar aims to achieve an average economic growth rate of 10 per cent per annum and sustaining the same until 2030.
- Investing in the People of Kenya Social Pillar: This pillar seeks to engender just, cohesive and equitable social development in a clean and secure environment.
- Moving to the Future as One NationPolitical Pillar: This pillar aims to realize an issue-based, people-centered, result-oriented and accountable democratic system.
- Deploying World Class Infrastructure Facilities & Services.Enablers and Macros: The economic, social and political pillars of Kenya Vision 2030 are anchored on the foundations of macroeconomic stability; infrastructural development; Science, Technology and Innovation (STI); Land Reforms; Human Resources Development
THE VISION
A national long-term development blueprint to create a globally competitive and prosperous nation with a high quality of life by 2030, that aims to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing, middle-income country providing a high quality of life to all its citizens by 2030 in a clean and secure environment.