UMongameli uWilliam Ruto uzibekele umgomo ofiselekayo wokuba i-Kenya ifinyelele ushintsho kwezomnotho olufana ne-Singapore, izwe elasuka emnothweni osathuthuka ngemva kokuzibusa laya kwelinye lamazwe acebe kakhulu emhlabeni.
Isifiso sesivele kakhulu ezingxoxweni eziphathelene nentuthuko yesikhathi eside yase-Kenya ngaphezu kwe-Vision 2030. U-Ruto unxuse ukuba kube nohlaka lwentuthuko kazwelonke olufinyelela ku-2060, olunemigomo ecacile yomsebenzi, ezempilo, ezemfundo, izindlu, ingqalasizinda, ukuphepha kokudla nokukhula komnotho.
I-Singapore inikeza isibonelo esikhangayo ngoba ushintsho lwayo lwaluqhutshwa ukuhlela isikhathi eside, ukutshalwa kwezimali kwezemfundo kanye nengqalasizinda, ukwenziwa kwemboni, ukutshalwa kwezimali kwamanye amazwe kanye nezikhungo zomphakathi U-Ruto ngaphambilini uqokomise impumelelo yase-Singapore ezindaweni ezinjengezindlu ezingabizi njengokuthile i-Kenya engafunda kukho.
Nokho, i-Kenya ibhekene nezithiyo ezinkulu ekufinyeleleni ushintsho olufanayo. Izikweletu zomphakathi, inkohlakalo, ukungasebenzi, ukukhiqiza okuphansi kanye nezindleko eziphakeme zokuphila kuyaqhubeka kuthinta umnotho. I-Kenya nayo inkulu kakhulu futhi ihluke ngokwendawo kune-Singapore, okusho ukuthi indlela yayo yokuthuthukisa ayikwazi ukumane ilingise imodeli yedolobha-isifundazwe.
Ukuze iphupho lika-Ruto lase-Singapore libe ngaphezu kombono wezombusazwe oshisekayo, i-Kenya izodinga amashumi eminyaka okukhula komnotho okungaguquguquki nokuguqulwa kwezikhungo. Ukukhiqiza, ubuchwepheshe, ezolimo nokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kuzodingeka kwandiswe ngenkathi ingqalasizinda nemfundo kuthuthuka kanye nazo.
Ngakho-ke, isilinganiso sangempela sephupho lase-Singapore ngeke sibe yizakhiwo zezulu noma amaphrojekthi amakhulu engqalasizinda. Kuzoba ukuthi i-Kenya ingazakha yini izimboni ezikhiqizayo, isungule imisebenzi eholela kahle, iqinise izikhungo futhi ithuthukise kakhulu amazinga okuphila ezakhamuzi ezivamile.
U-Ruto unikeze indawo oya kuyo. Ukuthi i-Kenya ingayifinyelela yini kuzoxhomeka ekusetshenzisweni okuqeqeshiwe okuqhubeka isikhathi eside ngemva kobumongameli bakhe.
