Sessional Paper No. 04 of 1987 on Ministry of Co-operative Development Renewed Growth through the Co-operative Movement

Abstract

The national objectives and the ultimate goals of public policy in Kenya were initially spelt out in the Kanu manifesto of 1963 and the Sessiona1 Paper No. 10 of 1965 headed ·African Socialism and Its Application to Planning in Kenya''. These objectives have since been expounded and reaffirmed in various government statements and documents and more particularly in the National Development Plans, Sessional Paper No. 2 of 1984 on Unemployment and Sessional Paper No. 1 of 1986 on Economic Management for Renewed Growth. The objectives include individual freedom, political equality, social justice, human dignity; freedom from want, disease, ignorance and exploitation; equal opportunities and the expansion and integration of the economy with equitable sharing in its benefits. These objectives are not an end in themselves in that it is in their achievement that every Kenyan will find his individual fulfilment. Although the Government opted for a pragmatic approach to development, it is, however, explicitly declared that the Government will not aim at achieving quick material gains at the expense of political equality, social justice and human dignity…