It is time to fashion a new dream and vision for Kenya

Where do we want to take this country? This is a question that Kenya must consciously ask and answer. For even if the question is neither asked nor answered, the present generation will take the country somewhere — only that it might be down the cliff. From Moi to Uhuru, the Government has recently made the enquiry. It has told us that Vision 2030 is the answer. It says  that we need to make Kenya a middle income industrialising second world economy by that year. Accordingly, development plans, policy and programmes are often articulated around the notion of Kenya’s Vision 2030.

But are we preoccupied with Vision 2030 to the extent that our sight is blurred? Do we need to see a different reference frame beyond Vision 2030? Retaining the cardinal social, economic and political pillars, it might be time we began talking of something else, lest we begin sounding ridiculous and our plans nonsensical. Consider that 2030 is now only 14 years away. Consider next that we have for sometime now been talking about reforming our education within the social pillar. Education reform is supposed to help us to realise our Vision 2030. Because of this, we are undertaking a review of the school curriculum.