Challenges to the Realization of Kenya’s Vision 2030: Language Strategy as a Remedial Measure

Abstract

Despite efforts to build a prosperous Kenya through vision 2030, the country still faces many challenges including, especially the high rate of unemployment, high levels of poverty, inequality in development and income distribution. Vision 2030 plan was aimed at helping the government to implement policies and plans that would see Kenya become a prosperous country by the year 2030. By the beginning of the year 2015, seven years after laying the foundation for the first phase of implementing vision 2030, the target set out to be achieved in education tourism, health and agriculture sectors during the first phase were far from being achieved. This paper discusses the challenges that have affected the timely realization of Kenya‟s vision 2030. The paper argues that vision 2030 can only be realized through the involvement of all Kenyans, including millions of poor Kenyans who have not had access to formal education.The paper argues that in order for Kenya to become globally competitive, development has to take place in all sectors and this means, mobilizing all Kenyans to participate in the development of their country. In order to access these Kenyans, the right languages and local languages have to be used