Kenya Vision 2030 (Third Medium Term Plan 2018-2022).

This Third Medium Term Plan (MTP III) is a nationwide multi-sectoral document that outlines the main policies, legal and institutional reforms as well as programs and projects that the Government plans to implement during the period 2018-2022. It is a part of the implementation process of the Kenya Vision 2030, the national strategy covering the period from 2008 to 2030 which aims to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing, middle-income country providing a high quality life to all its citizens through three pillars: economic, social and political. Eight priority Sectors have been identified to drive economic growth. These are (1) Agriculture and Livestock; (2) Manufacturing; (3) Tourism; (4) Trade; (5) Business Process Outsourcing; (6) Financial Services; (7) Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources; and (8) the Blue Economy. To drive socio-economic development six sectors have been identified, namely (1) health; (2) population, urbanization and housing; (3) education and training; (4) environment, water and sanitation; (5) gender, youth and vulnerable groups; and (6) sports, culture and arts. The political pillar includes two sectors: (1) governance and (2) rule of law.
To help eliminate hunger and food insecurity, main proposals of the MPT III are (i) irrigate 1.2 million acres to develop the production; (ii) expand the area under crop production; (iii) reduction of food prices to ensure affordability and support value addition in the food processing value chain; (iv) subsidize a set amount of assorted fertilizer annually under the fertilizer cost reduction program; (v) promotion of food and nutrition security, and generation of income by focusing on milk, beef, egg and honey production;(vi) expand the Strategic Food Reserve Trust Fund to include additional food stuffs; (vii) establish a livestock disease free zones and strategic feed reserves built to improve availability of fodder in Arid and Semi Arid Land (ASAL) areas during drought; and (viii) implement programs and projects to address the twin challenges of climate change and drought.
In order to make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable, the document envisages to (i) promote use of green technologies and improve universal access to sewerage facilities; (ii) increase agricultural productivity by improving access, affordability, and suitability of fertilizers; (iii) diversify the food production base through development and adoption of new crop varieties and distribution of assorted seeds to farmers;(iv) increase land under irrigation and promote use of drip irrigation and greenhouses to ensure efficient utilization of water; (v) strengthen adoption of agricultural mechanization providing affordable services to small scale farmers; (vi) support farmers to access agriculture insurance to manage risks and losses among smallholder farmers, increase crop productivity and livestock production through improved access to credit and higher yielding technology, and support transition from subsistence to commercially-oriented farming; (vii) develop research and capacity building programs; (viii) establish forest plantation, promote forest based nature enterprises, establish commercial woodlot, promote bamboo establishment and utilization and, control invasive species; (ix) increase tree cover; (x) develop Blue Economy Program to sustainable use of aquatic and marine spaces including oceans, seas, coasts, lakes, rivers, and underground water; (xi) support aquaculture value chain with a series of strategic Public Private Producer Partnerships within a modern public sector framework; and (xii) stock and restock lakes, rivers and dams as well as develop systems for identification, mapping, delineation and protection of critical habitats.
Rural poverty will mainly be reduced through water projects in urban and rural areas to increase the number of people connected to safe piped water, including drilling new boreholes and providing safe, reliable and sustainable water to public schools and health institutions. Furthermore, the objectives of agricultural development are all aimed at achieving rural poverty reduction.
To enable more inclusive and sustainable food and agriculture systems the document aims to achieve the following (i) build retail markets to facilitate trade; (ii) increase gender equality, empowerment of women, youth, and persons living with disability and other vulnerable groups; (iii) increase the number of women trained on entrepreneurship skills; (iv) develop subsidized inputs for smallholder farmers; (v) promote measures for exports of agricultural and livestock products in the regional and international markets; (vi) create sustainable and gainful self-employment for the youth and women through their participatory engagement in agriculture; (vii) offer incentives for integration of youth and women into agribusiness value chains including market guarantees, incubation training and scholarships in agribusiness to produce high value horticultural crops; and (viii) enhance market access by providing an enabling environment through policy, legislation and regulations, model guidelines for improved market infrastructure and improved access to information.
The resilience of livelihoods to disasters shall be increased through (i) enhancing governance, coordination and financing of climate change related activities in all sectors of the economy through the National Climate Change Council, development of subsidiary legislation, and resource mobilization; (ii) promotion of a low carbon climate resilient and green growth development through strengthening climate change governance and coordination, climate change monitoring, reporting and verification, capacity building and public awareness, and formulation and implementation of Green Economy Strategy and the National Climate Change Action Plan; (iii) an integrated Disaster Risk Management System to focus on preventing or reducing the risk of disasters, mitigating the severity of disasters, enhancing preparedness, rapid and effective response and post-disaster recovery; and (iv) enhancing the capacities of pastoral communities and stakeholders on the use of insurance products for reduction of weather-related risks and rebuilding of livelihood support systems in drought prone areas by expanding crop insurance programs.
As for the Governance, the sector aims at ensuring an effective, accountable and ethical leadership and promoting a just, democratic society in line with the Constitution and laws of the country. It is also intended to provide a secure environment and strong governance institutions that will propel citizens to full attainment of stable and sustainable socio-economic and political development. The Governance, Justice and the Rule of Law sector will facilitate the necessary legal framework for the MTP III initiatives together with the implementation of the SDGs, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Africa Agenda 2063.