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The Political Pillar Focusing on national unity and a democratic system that is:
issue based, people centered, result oriented, and
accountable to the public
Transforming Kenya’s political governance across five
strategic areas:
l The rule of lawdthe Kenya Constitution 2010 electoral and
political processes
l Democracy and public service delivery
l Transparency and accountability
l Security
l Peace building and conflict management
GDP, gross domestic product; IT, information technology.
Reproduced from United Nations, 2012. Sustainable Development in Kenya: Stocktaking in the Run up
to Rioþ20 and Government of Kenya, 2017. Kenya Vision 2030. Retrieved from: http://www.vision2030.
go.ke/.

The government added a fourth pillar to Vision 2030. This pillar, Enablers
and Macroeconomics, includes things such as environment, water, sanitation,
energy, and infrastructure that are required as foundations for the reforms laid
out in the first three pillars.

Enablers and Enablers and Macroeconomics can be broken down into
Macroeconomics key sectors that provide stable platforms for the three
pillars and overall growth:
l Macroeconomic stability for long-run growth
l Infrastructure
l Energy
l Science, technology, and innovation
l Land reform
l Human resources development
l Security
l Public sector reforms
l Environment, water, and sanitation
United Nations, 2012. Sustainable Development in Kenya: Stocktaking in the Run up to Rioþ20 and
Government of Kenya, 2017. Kenya Vision 2030. Retrieved from: http://www.vision2030.go.ke/.

To achieve the goals set out in the pillars of the Vision, the Kenyan gov-
ernment launched a significant number of flagship projects. Under the eco-
nomic pillar, several initiatives were established to boost the aforementioned
sectors, including development of resort cities on the coastline to boost
tourism, a fertilizer cost reduction initiative and land-use master plan to boost
the agricultural sector, establishment of a free trade port in Mombasa to
connect Kenya to Dubai for the benefit of the wholesale and retail sectors, as
well as issuance of benchmark sovereign bonds for the benefit of the financial
sector. The flagship projects for the political pillar include establishment of the
Kenya School of Government, judicial and legal reform, and security and
policing reform, as well as building a nonpartisan professional research center
to improve parliamentary law making. The social pillar was by far the focus of