MP Stephen Mule: Vision 2060 draft has followed the BBI script

Matungulu Member of Parliament Stephen Mule has dismissed Kenya's proposed Vision 2060 framework, alleging that it mirrors the structure of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). Speaking to a local television station on Thursday, August 13, 2026, Mule claimed that the government was utilizing the Vision 2060 dialogue to reintroduce BBI concepts under a different name.

This criticism arises as the government initiates consultations for a long-term development plan to supersede the current Vision 2030 framework. The Vision 2060 initiative presented by the government masquerades as a nationwide participatory process aimed at guiding Kenya's growth post-2030. Mule pointed out the striking resemblance between the language and framework of the new proposal and the BBI process.

"What we saw concerning Vision 2060, what they are calling the Vision 2060 plan, has been written from the angle of BBI," Mule stated. He further revealed that the documents used in recent discussions had substituted the term BBI with National Convention Initiative (NCI). "If you look at them, they have taken BBI and replaced it with NCI," he added.

The opposition is closely monitoring the government's national conversation and plans to challenge what Mule describes as an attempt to repurpose the BBI agenda. Mule, a member of the Wiper party and the opposition, asserted that the government and the broader opposition are looking towards the future beyond the current discourse.

As the government seeks widespread public input in shaping the successor to Vision 2030, President William Ruto has characterized the process as a national conversation on Kenya's long-term development, inviting political parties and stakeholders to contribute their ideas. However, Mule interpreted the initiative through a political lens, suggesting that the administration is attempting to regain voter support after experiencing a decline in public satisfaction.

He argued that the government is leveraging the national conversation to traverse counties while branding the initiative as a long-term development program. "The script they are pursuing now is because they have lost a way of reaching the people," Mule contended. Mule also dismissed the initiative as a genuine national conversation, instead viewing it as a rehashed version of BBI.

"This week's script is not National Conversation; it is an attempt to revive what was known as BBI," he concluded.