Jamlic Munyasya, an economist and business consultant
When President William Ruto recently said he will do all in his power to ensure that Kenya catches up with Singapore, his words echoed both ambition and urgency. The contrast is stunning: During the 1960s, Singapore was a struggling city state plagued by poverty, unemployment and natural resource deficiencies, the same as in Kenya.
However, today Singapore is an economic giant, a financial centre, a technological centre and a logistical hub of the world. The key takeaway from the lesson is that Kenya's economic trajectory needs to be refocused under a programme of technocratic leadership, visionary industrial policy and deliberate investment in innovation.
