Late President Mwai Kibaki's nephew, Laikipia governor Ndiritu Muriithi, says President Uhuru Kenyatta kept his predecessor's dream alive after taking over the country's leadership in 2013.
Speaking during an interview on K24 on Tuesday night, April 26, Muriithi - a revered economist - argued that Uhuru opted to keep the Kibaki dream alive by adopting the Vision 2030 blueprint to develop the country.
The Laikipia governor - who is the son of the late Phillip Muriithi Kibaki, the elder brother to Mwai Kibaki - noted that adopting the blue print has helped Uhuru achieve some of his campaign pledges that have been implemented through the Big Four agenda, which he noted was squarely anchored on Vision 2030.
"Both Kibaki and Uhuru were working on the script of Vision 2030. So you would expect the incoming administration to do the same. Both administrations have done well in staying on the Vision 2030 course," Muriithi explained while drawing similarities on the development track records of the two Heads of State.
Kibaki's Vision 2030 was inspired by the successful implementation of the Economic Recovery Plan for Employment and Wealth Creation, an economic blueprint that was developed by the National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) government.
The blueprint was originated in 2003 and fine-tuned with inputs from top economists and converted into an implementation policy document.
Uhuru adopted it, building a successful execution plan and further instilling confidence in Cabinet Secretaries.
Other than Vision 2030, Muriithi compared the education agenda of Uhuru and the late Kibaki, noting that the two administrations made significant progress, especially in the transition from one level of education to the other.
"Both presidents have been successful in their efforts to promote education. However, we are still not achieving 100 per cent enrollment," he explained.
Kibaki introduced Free Primary Education in 2003, a move that saw enrollments in the country hit a record high at the time.
To extend his vision on education, Uhuru introduced the 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary school. The move allows all students who finish their primary school education to advance to secondary irrespective of their performance.
In a recent report, Education Cabinet Secretary, George Magoha, noted form one transition rate stands at 98 per cent, an indication that the sector had grown exponentially and the uptake of education was within the desired levels in the country.
Other than education, Muriithi compared Uhuru's infrastructural development to that of his uncle, noting that he had made significant improvements in the sector by expanding the roads network and electricity connectivity across the country.
Underscoring the debate on inflation, Muriithi maintained that the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is just within the economic limit.
