24 Hour Economy?

      So we have a vision 2030? how many of us even remember the inception? Ok I seriously don't remember when it started, but one of its well sung objectives is to make Kenya into a 24-hour Economy where as a Standard writer says the clock never stops on working hours!

     The current system where employees work for eight hours a day is tantamount to under-utilization of time and human resources. Presently, we are running at only a third of our capacity in terms of exploitation of working time, hence productivity is greatly affected. This is compounded by the fact that a lot of working time is lost undertaking non-productive chores. {Barre Shetto, Mandera}

As much as we applaud the visionary leadership in the vision 2030 committee the 24 hour economy goal, though attractive seems quite inadmissible in our Kenyan situation. Mr. Barre (kenya 24-hr economy)on the standard fails to realize.......

that even with the twelve hour economy today the employers are still unable to satisfy the current job demand in the market. with additional working time comes additional worker demand for the employers. If they are unable satisfy their labour requirement at this point are their chances with an extended time of work?

        I know this might be far-fetched, but currently the few businesses operating a 24-hour like some Nakumatt supermarkets in Nairobi really have nothing much to show especially after the midnight hour. Its no doubt that for businesses to have a night time goings-son then the customer base must have economic activities occupying them and that means massive job creation.

  more to that is security, lighting, transport(reliable), generally infrastructure must be brought to a nera A-level. so as we dream of shopping conveniently at any hour and all those things that are inhibited by our busy daily schedules we should think of the cost...... Do we have what it takes..or rather is Kenya prepared??