Don’t let foreigners set our policy agenda RUFUS KAMAU I was surprised to learn the other day that the government has hired the high-powered management consultancy firm, Mckinsey, to craft for us ‘a new vision for Kenya’s tourism sector’. I have nothing against this specific firm. But how can our government be accountable to us when economic policy making continues to be outsourced to foreign management consultants? When will policy decisions start reflecting what we want as a people, when we keep handing over basic State functions including developing a vision for our tourism policy to consultants? Mark you, the consultants have not just been hired for technical expertise: The task they have been given is to define the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife’s vision for the sector. Today, the making and shaping of economic policy once the responsibility of a minister, civil servants and Members of Parliament are being outsourced to management consulta
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