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the flagship projects under Vision 2030. Projects and programs for this pillar
include enacting of a housing bill, production of 200,000 housing units
annually, providing financial support to female entrepreneurs, increasing
women representation in all branches of government, building and equipping
560 new secondary schools, improving data collection with regard to the
impoverished to identify their pressing needs, and establishing protection
funds to benefit orphans, vulnerable children, persons with disabilities, and the
elderly. Finally, to lay the foundation for the aforementioned reforms and
projects, the government outlines the projects in the Macroeconomics and
Enablers pillar, including Tana and Lake Victoria catchment management
initiatives, securing wildlife corridors and migratory routes, relocation of the
Dandora dumping site, improvement of sewage management, dredging/deep-
ening of the Mombasa port, rural electrification programs, development of
light rail and bus transit to improve mobility and traffic flow, increased use of
solar power and cogeneration especially in agricultural processing, and con-
struction of pipeline infrastructure and liquefied petroleum gas handling fa-
cilities in Mombasa and Nairobi (KY Gov (B), 2017).
In 2012, both the Kenyan government and the UN took stock of the
country’s sustainable development programs and the progress made with
respect to the three pillars of Vision 2030. The midterm review of initiatives
and projects returned a fair deal of progress under the first three pillars. With
regard to the economic pillar, through the first half of 2011, tourism was up
13.6%, peaking at 1.8 million tourists in 2010, indicating significant
improvement. Initially the agricultural sectors recorded negative growth rates
in 2008 and 2009, attributed to postelection unrest and inclement weather. The
sector has since recovered, posting a þ6.3% growth rate in 2010. The
wholesale and retail sectors saw slower growth, decreasing from þ11%
through 2006, to þ5.5% between 2008 and 2010. In contrast, the financial
services sector was able to recover in full and has exhibited 8.8% growth
between 2008 and 2010 (UN KY, 2012).
In conjunction with the UN’s MDGs, Vision 2030 aims to meet the eight
goals with regard to social sustainable development:

1. To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. To achieve universal primary education
3. To promote gender equality and empower women
4. To reduce child mortality
5. To improve maternal health
6. To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
7. To ensure environmental sustainability
8. To develop a global partnership for development
Kenya has been able to make significant strides toward achieving the
MDGs. Continued commitment is being made to provide free primary
schooling to Kenyan citizens as well as to provide the schools with the
adequate resources to provide quality education. Primary school enrollment
increased from 73.7% in 2000 to 91.4% in 2010. With regard to gender