During the 2030 vision launch The youth of Kenya have been urged to tap into the country’s digitization formula to be able to have a bigger say in the nation’s socio-economic development which everyone is asking for.
The anticipated clarion call was issued by Cabinet Secretary ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs Joe Mucheru.
Presiding over the launch of the Kenya Vision 2030 Flagship Programmes and Projects Progress Reports and Scorecard in Nairobi, CS Mucheru said the development blueprint holds a lot for everyone, urging all to be focused on where we as a nation want to go especially during the approach of the critical 2022 elections.
Saying no one should be left behind, CS Mucheru lauded that Kenya’s technological innovations that have impacted positively on the lives of Kenyans and it should continue to bring in a digitized nation.
Citing E-citizen, Mpesa, digitization of Land Registry, Digital Migration and Modern Mapping among other innovations, Mucheru said the country’s digital progress was set to make the lives of the citizenry easier by 2030 vision approach.
‘’We have over 300 different government services in E-citizen, meaning you can access the services from anywhere and anytime…,” said CS Mucheru.
“We are serving the same citizens…the aspirations the Vision 2030 holds is all for Kenyans and not individual drivers and institutions.”
According to the Kenya Vision 2030 management and delivery team, the Report will provide a platform for the youth as the most important resource, to fully embrace innovativeness towards greater economic gains.
Also present at the launch was Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Chairperson Jane Karuku, Director Genaral Delivery Secreatariat Kenneth Mwige, among other government officials and partners.
The government is prepared in terms of network which will be used to relay the election results for the August 2022 polls to ensure that the election is free and fair, Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs Cabinet Secretary (CS) Joe Mucheru has said.
Mucheru said that we have only 109 polling stations out 51, 000 that don’t have connectivity and there are satellite phones that can be used.
The CS said that the electoral work is going to be done by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) which is independent but they don’t have their own network neither does the government and they use the likes of Safaricom, Telkom and Airtel.
Mucheru was speaking at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) during the launch of Kenya Vision 2030 flagship programmes and projects progress report and scorecard.
“Our work as the government is just coordinating and through the Universal Service Fund (USF) we want to make sure that there is that connectivity that will allow for results to be transmitted because without the transmission and identification we will have a problem,” said Mucheru.
