I am quite afraid to engage, as like majority of the population and politicians, I am yet to read up on Vision 2030 and its many pillars (though civil servants are required to have knowledge of it before promotion). However , I am keen on a few issues, and not sure how Vision 2030 touches on them <br>
<ul><li>Ease of doing business - almost 50 years since independence, government and especially local government are biggest hindrances when it comes to doing business. Are there plans to make it easy to start a business, like even make it free (free licenses) and guarantee site security (for small kiosks, like allocated areas) with the aim that the business will be taxed later on . Free licensing with penalties for those without means we have an idea of number of businesses, which we can tax after 1 year and so on. More businesses means more tax and more employment. <br>
</li><li>Agriculture - our agriculture is still primitive, and for all intents we may still be using stone age tools. How do we move to mass production and economies of scale, mechanize agriculture for small scale holders?</li>
<li>Research &amp; manufacturing - we do almost 0 research in this country, meaning we import what is often referred to as &quot;superior technology&quot; from Europe (Germany) and other countries. Why not have universities especially tackle the issue of processing agricultural produce. We also need agricultural produce processing industries to serve our hinterland. Kenya is a small agricultural nation compared to Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan which have more arable land (we can outdo them if we take irrigation seriously)</li>
<li>Security - there is virtually no security in this country, seeing that a gang can comfortably set up a toll point on the countries most modern highway (Thika road) and &quot;tax&quot; every motorist Kshs 1,000 , unperturbed. The scenario is repeated across the country where it becomes almost impossible to conduct any activity past dusk. <br>
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