Role of Forestry in the Realization of the Vision 2030, Au Agenda 2063, SDGs and Bottom up Economic Transformation Agenda (Beta) on High Priority Agenda in Kenya

Kenya's path to economic development is now anchored on fulfilling several interrelated national and international conventions.First, The chapter on the Bill of Rights in the Kenyan Constitution, 2010 provides for enjoyment of economic and Social rights under Article 43(1).a-f on health, adequate food and of acceptable quality, housing, clean and safe water, social security and education.Some of these right are also captured in the international conventions which include the Sustainable Development goals (SDGs) (Hk et al., 2016;Warchold et al., 2022) and the African Union Agenda 2063 (Ufomba, 2020), as well as in the national convention such as the Kenya's Vision 2030 (Kigunda, 2018) and the Kenya government's Bottom Up Economic Transformation (BETA) model launched in 2022 by the current president of Kenya Hon.William Ruto.Upon a scrutiny of these documents, one is tempted to identify where there is differences, synergies and convergence of the goals and pillars.The pillars that seem to converge are all relevant to the social, political, environmental and human development and form the basis for high priority agenda.The SDGs has 17 agenda designed to monitor progress for human well-being, environmental protection and partnerships (Omisore, 2018;Botchway and Bradley, 2023).The SDGs goals are amalgamated into major blocks the first block are 6 goals namely: 1: End poverty in all its forms, 2: Zero Hunger, 3: Health, 4: Education, 5: Gender equality and women's empowerment and 6: Water and Sanitation.The second block of goals is: 7: Energy