Vision 2030 is a good one but I think we need a leader with equal dreaming power to actualize the vision. Value addition will be our number one driver toward the vision. We may have not much to sing about in terms of resources but if we put our mind to it Kenyans will never die of hunger ever. The sort of value addition I talk of is not the same as that advanced by the academics. Read below to get a grip of it.
There is also need to stop the growing trend where the little arable land is being taken up by estates. if this continues it will be hard to tame the high food prices we are currently experiencing as there will be no farm land left. Nairobi if you ask me would never have been a city if I were the leader of this nation in those days. The land around Nairobi is so fertile to be wasted in high-rise stone structure when we have an expanse of a dessert in Mandera, Moyale and Isiolo. If there is deliberate development of these areas by the government in terms of setting up of infrastructure then people will find reason to come inhabit these lands. This will ease pressure on other areas where people keep on fighting for the dwindling land resource. That is what I call value addition. This does not only apply to North Eastern region but also a good chunk of the Coastal region.
All this requires a person with vision. If you ask any of the many hungry leaches that want to be presidents what they think is the best way to deal with the problems affecting Kenya a good number will rumble the same old, same old sweet nothings. Change is inevitable Kenyans. Change must happen, change we can see, change that will benefit us not a chosen few.
There is also need to stop the growing trend where the little arable land is being taken up by estates. if this continues it will be hard to tame the high food prices we are currently experiencing as there will be no farm land left. Nairobi if you ask me would never have been a city if I were the leader of this nation in those days. The land around Nairobi is so fertile to be wasted in high-rise stone structure when we have an expanse of a dessert in Mandera, Moyale and Isiolo. If there is deliberate development of these areas by the government in terms of setting up of infrastructure then people will find reason to come inhabit these lands. This will ease pressure on other areas where people keep on fighting for the dwindling land resource. That is what I call value addition. This does not only apply to North Eastern region but also a good chunk of the Coastal region.
All this requires a person with vision. If you ask any of the many hungry leaches that want to be presidents what they think is the best way to deal with the problems affecting Kenya a good number will rumble the same old, same old sweet nothings. Change is inevitable Kenyans. Change must happen, change we can see, change that will benefit us not a chosen few.
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