[Vision 2030 Secretariat Director-General Dr. Julius Muia. (Photo- Vision2030.go.ke)]
Political differences among county governments have been a major impediment to the implementation of vision 2030 flagship projects. According to Vision 2030 Secretariat’s director-general Dr Julius Muia, counties have gone ahead to implement strategies on their own something that is against the vision 2030 flagship projects.
The government, through the Vision 2030 Secretariat, has laid down effective flagship projects that needs concerted efforts and informed decisions in implementing. However, political differences within county governments are slowing the pace for the secretariat’s action.
Speaking during a one-day workshop convened by Strathmore University for business journalists in Nairobi, Muia has urged county leaders to separate politics from vision 2030 flagship projects.
“What we would wish to see is institutionalized planning where politics is totally divorced from our Vision 2030 flagship projects,” “As a secretariat, we identified fisheries as a key sector for the Lake Victoria-based counties where all infrastructural development would be geared towards attracting private investment in the fisheries sector.” Said Muia.
"But uncoordinated projects currently underway hurts the national good since one county is doing something different from another county denying them the benefit accruing from coordinated plans,” he added.
According to Muia, Mombasa and Kisumu governments are expected to give out land each in areas designated for the establishment of Special Economic Zones (SEZ). The areas provided must be strategic and attractive enough to beckon on foreign investments especially in the manufacturing sector.
Muia nonetheless commended Machakos, Kajiado, and Kajiado counties for their support in the construction ambition of Konza ‘Smart’ City saying that they have helped in the speeding of its implementation.