Abstract: TUM has undergone three distinct phases from a tertiary Technical, Industrial, Vocational Entrepreneurship and Training (TIVET) Institute to constituent college (i.e. Mombasa Polytechnic University College) and finally as a Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) aligned to the fulfillment of social pillar of Vision 2030. Specifically, TUM has been earmarked as Vision 2030 center of specialization in Tourism, Hospitality, and Marine based sciences and Technology. We examine the synchronization of TUM's current Strategic Plan2014 - 2018 and Kenya Vision2030 social pillar. We then look at implementation practices and barriers that can make TUM not realize its vision; and finally, we come-up with viable recommendations that will make TUM realize its vision as "a university of global excellence in advancing Knowledge, Science and Technology".