Beyond Vision 2030: What next after launch

A multi-sectoral working panel that will draft the Beyond Vision 2030 Economic Transformation Plan is set to be constituted in the coming weeks. The panel will formulate a proposal that will be debated in all 47 county assemblies.

The proposal will then be presented to a second National Conversation before being drafted into a Bill to be tabled in Parliament for debate. 

Top on the agenda for the multi-sectoral working panel will be collecting expert opinions from both the public and private sectors before drafting a proposal.

The proposal, which will be anchored on five key pillars including health, education, infrastructure, security and labour, will then be subjected to grassroots stakeholders through county assemblies and other conversation forums.

"The deliberations will involve grassroots debate and civic education," said Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyong'o.

The recommendations will then be included in an updated proposal that will be discussed during another National Conversation Forum and, if agreed upon by the majority through both oral and written memoranda, the deliberations will be channelled to both Houses of Parliament in the form of a development Bill.

If the Bill sails through both the National Assembly and the Senate, it will then be forwarded to the President for assent or returned to the bicameral House with amendments.

"The most important aspect of the proposal is for Kenyans to chart their way forward in matters of development," he added.

Professor Nyong'o, who led a team of independent economic scholars that prepared strategic proposals and reflections for Kenya's long-term development plan beyond Vision 2030, insisted that the entire process will not be overshadowed by heightened political activities in the country ahead of the next General Election.

"Since the political atmosphere is charged ahead of campaigns, matters of development should be sustained because elections come and go," said Nyong'o.

"Planning at this stage of election preparedness is giving us a BBI effect," Ole Sapit said during the JKLive Show on Wednesday.

Sheikh Ibrahim Lethome who was still on the show, added, "There is no problem with planning... but are we doing the right things now first?"

The National Conversation organisers also denied claims that a section of key stakeholders, including the Judiciary, were left out of Wednesday's event.

"I don't think it was intentional for some invites to go late..." Nyong'o noted.