Mbadi: Vision 2060 is a national project, not Ruto’s personal plan
Key points
- Treasury CS John Mbadi defended proposed Vision 2060 as a necessary new long-term framework as Vision 2030 nears its end year.
- He rejected claims that President Ruto “developed another vision,” saying national conversations on how to craft it were only starting.
- Vision 2030 was formulated in 2008 under President Mwai Kibaki; Mbadi said it largely guided policy and party manifestos with “some misses.”
- Kenya is in the fourth Medium-Term Plan under Vision 2030 and should prepare the post-2030 framework with constitutional public participation.
“I’ve heard people say, ‘Why has Ruto developed another vision?’ Ruto has not developed a vision. Tomorrow, we are starting conversations on how to develop a vision for this country,” Treasury and Economic Planning Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi said, as reported by KBC.
Mbadi argued Kenya needs a new long-term blueprint because Vision 2030 — crafted in 2008 under former President Mwai Kibaki — is approaching its target year. He said governments and party manifestos have largely aligned with Vision 2030 and that the country “largely” achieved a lot under it, even with misses. Kenya, he noted, is in the fourth Medium-Term Plan under that framework.
Public participation, not a personal pamphlet
He framed Vision 2060 as a national undertaking to be shaped through public participation under the 2010 Constitution, not a personal presidential project. Developing it, he added, is also a chance to evaluate Vision 2030’s successes and shortcomings and fold useful gains into the next horizon.
Kenya-news desk: Kenya News. Verified quotes and MTP framing from KBC; draft Vision 2060 text was not yet published in the same package.
Opposition critics will call any 2060 paper a rebrand of unfulfilled 2030 promises. The legitimacy test is whether county forums and civil society actually rewrite the draft — or only rubber-stamp a State House outline.
Investors and counties should watch which sectors get locked as flagship pillars; that is where the next decade’s budgets will follow.
Counties and civil society should demand open drafting sessions for Vision 2060 pillars. If public participation is real, the next blueprint will look different from a rebadged Vision 2030 slide deck.
Based on KBC reporting (Eric Biegon, 11 August 2026). Vision documents remain proposals until formally adopted.
