How officials' laxity is denying Kenya faster growth

Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Investment and Trade Adan Mohamed (centre) addresses a press conference alongside East African Community (EAC) Integration Principal Secretary Betty Maina (left) and International Trade Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo shortly after opening a stakeholders meeting to discuss implications of trade policy reforms on March 11, 2016. [PHOTO DAVID NJAAGA/STANDARD

Cabinet Secretary for Industrialisation and Enterprise Development Adan Mohamed’s inspection of the progress made in preparations to launch Kenya’s first leather industrial park in Mavoko earlier this week, revealed the underbelly of the Kenya’s march towards the much-hyped Vision 2030.

The CS demanded answers from the management of Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA) on why simple tasks such as cutting down trees to construct roads and to build temporary offices had not been done. This is because in barely a month President Uhuru Kenyatta will launch the project.