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VISION 2030 IS IN THE HANDS OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR



Vision 2030, a dream on every Kenyan mind could remain just that if any of the event of the past few years are anything to go by. The post election violence was just that tip of the Iceberg. It tore the country into ugly, tribal lines, showing the teeth of vehemence withheld. Then came the arduous journey to reconciliation.
This journey has moved sluggishly showing just how much our leaders have become redundant to kill the only dog they can easily use for security when the worst come biting. What do you expect anyway? Every Kenyan knows where their loyalties lie; to the tribe and secondly a distant far, the nation.
Government appointments are exemplary, brandishing the tag with pride and ‘dignity’ it so deserves. The vein of everyone young and old flows this blood. These tribal divisions are to lead us to the dream 2030? No.
Parastatals. These are also the benchmarks for our economy. Gradually, they have been privatised. Some still in the grasp of the state, but I bet privatisation is not far from somebody’s mind.
These state corporations have a snarling dog, corruption. Gritting its teeth, it wallows on the sweat of the innocent citizens. As they work so are the national coffers disappearing in the mist. Untraced, unaccounted for and unknown, who said that the noise of the frog will stop a cow from having a sip of water?
Go slows, strikes and boycotts have now become a national emblem. Week in week out workers are on the streets claiming their dues. One amazing thing is how quickly the government yearns to replace them. Such is a country, which is gearing up for a major economic boost.
Therefore, Kenya could only grow in strength and achieve the vision 2030 through domestic investment and the private sector in general. According to the pedestal that has been set in the past few years by the private sector, then there is that light at the end of the tunnel.
One wonders then, how can a country be on and on the way to being industrialised when it is only relying on the meagre taxes from the private sector? Quite a dream.

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