We are in transition from a subsistence to a monetary economy, from an economic dependence on agriculture to a more balanced growth, from a development of natural resources for others, to development of human and natural resources for the benefit of the people, of Kenya. The progress wanted cannot be easily won and it cannot be achieved by reverting to pre-colonial conditions. The best of Kenya’s African social heritage and colonial economic legacy must be reorganized and mobilized for a concerted, carefully planned attack on poverty, disease and the lack of education in order to achieve social justice; human dignity and economic welfare for all.”

Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965