The Rebirth of Kenya
ons development levels will always be registered in double digits. At times I have this feeling that if our founding fathers chose the wrong way then this is the right time to ‘rewind the hands of time’ and take the right path that will lead us (Kenyans) to Canaan. I hope that will come true because opportunities always come once in a life time.
Power in the right hands
With the new constitution in place, power is now finding its place to their rightful owners somehow; at last. Like anything good it will not come in a silver platter but it ought to be taken, yes be taken. This will be possible through holding the representatives elected to serve the people accountable to any sign of degeneracy. The ability to put up measures to check balances, which were previously left to one or two arms of the government have come in handy to salvage the situation that had bumbled. The restrictions that have been put in place now gives the citizens power to recall representatives that are sleeping on their jobs and to vet and give restrictions (i.e. education qualification) to aspirants. Other measures too have been implemented giving the mwananchi an upper hand.
The push
Just like a rock on a hill with colossal potential the Kenyan economy has been given that small push that will soon result into full a swing, given the Kenyan potential, (that if tapped to its fullest) will yield into superb outcomes. The push began a long time but the frame work was yielded when the third Kenyan president got into power steering up key and vital mechanisms that saw the country come back again to the path it once rode on, a path were the economy grew in an amicable manner.
A blueprint
A frame work on vital areas were identified and given priorities, these areas include the development of infrastructures especially road, rail, water and air combined to enable trade and to ease human mobility to and out of the country and also that of her neighbors.
Infrastructure
The construction of road networks all over Kenya is a good example and a good factor to development in a holistic manner. A plan to open up (already tendered) a port in Lamu to ease the congestion currently experienced on the port of Mombasa is another superb move on the right direction. A ground breaking of the mega project sums it all. The electric railway line that will magnificently connect Kenya to the rest of Africa is underway. The rail will start from Lamu to Cameroon, via Juba (South Sudan) and Ndjamena (Chad) and finally to Duala Cameroon. Actually it is considered the biggest development investment in Africa, its results just as the investment tag price suggests will be ample in all aspects!
Human Resource
Kenya has one of the finest human resources that hold a very important role to the country and to her neighbors. The industrious nature of Kenyans can be spotted all over the globe and around East Africa is where they have manifested their enterprising activities.
The fact that some of her neighbors are in need of skilled human due to civil unrests that have sadly pinned them down for long, gives Kenyans an upper hand to play the big brothers role in trying to salvage the situation via providing its human resource. Southern Sudan and the yet to stabilize Somalia are some of the key beneficiaries; just to mention a few. That is how interdependence can prove to be the ultimate move if strings are pulled right.
County governments
A new system of management that comes with the new constitution is county governances. This system will delegate some of the duties previously held by the central government to the county governments. This will mean a lot, both economically and politically. Each county will therefore have to be accountable for what is going on both economically and politically as leadership will then be right at the door of the citizens. With upright mechanisms accountability and integrity can be easily upheld hence setting on track development.
Some of the vital areas where the county governments will be manning are the agriculture, county health services, trade development and regulation and also the county planning and development (which incorporates statistics, housing, land survey and electricity and gas reticulation)
Another key aspect of county governments is that it will be a good avenue to bring about resource redistribution hence incorporating the previously lagging behind areas into the bigger dream and also importantly tapping into new avenues of investments and opening up to them: Especially the upper side of the country.
Finally
Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along. ~Hugh Allen. Just as Allen foresaw Kenya too should grab an any opportunities whether big or small to achieve her dream.
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