Let’s change our national image for a better Kenya

NAIROBI: Vision 2030 is our national blue print and the road map to be globally competitive based on three pillars — social, economic and political — with a projected annual growth rate of 10 per cent.

We are struggling to achieve this nevertheless. According to the World Bank, in 2016 we are likely to hit 5.4 per cent. However, the visit of the US president in July 2015 and the lifting of the travel advisories by the British government, the forthcoming visit by his Holiness Pope Francis in November and the hosting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) 10th ministerial conference in Nairobi from December 15 to 18, for first time in Africa, heralds a new optimism. The WTO ministerial conference brings a gathering of ministers from member states that will include hundreds of delegates accompanying ministers. The decisions determined by the conference will have worldwide implications and the Nairobi round will feature in the annals of WTO history.