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Government of Kenya: Ecember
Government of Kenya: Ecember
PRESS BRIEFING
DECEMBER 29 TH 2016
Thank you for joining us. I trust you enjoyed the Christmas period.
THE YEAR 2016.
As we close the year, the Government is satisfied that
other period in history, Kenya has made major steps towards achieving
the Vision 2030. Key infrastructural milestones have been achieved
towards giving Kenya a Standard gauge railway: a national ambition
dating back to 1960s when the world commenced the shift from the
type of railway which was laid here by the Britons more than 1 century
ago.
You will recall that the Vision 2030 is a development blue print covering
the period from 2008 to 2030. It aims to transform Kenya into a newly
industrializing middle income country by 2030. It was developed
through an all-inclusive, stakeholder driven participatory process and
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involved Kenyans from every part of the country. The process also
befitted immensely from local and international experts on development
in similar countries. It is based on three pillars namely economic, social
and political.
Implementation of the National Digital Literacy Program has also started
in earnest in all the counties making Kenya the 1st country in Africa to
implement such a program in public primary schools. The National
Water Management Masterplan drawn in the 1970s and 1980s is now
well in progress. This is to mention but a few infrastructural projects
which have converted the Vision 2030 from a national dream to a
specific, achievable, time bound project. With the most infrastructural
foundations laid, Kenyans can reasonably sit back
and confidently
However the year has also experienced one the most unfortunate
people who hold the qualifications they hold largely because the Kenya
tax payer has paid for their education and training. You will recall that
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the whole system . Of course the last possible barrier to guard against
is a normal break down.
In the long run, our collective ambition is to have a system that ensures
the