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    "id": 1031539,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1031539/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta",
    "speaker_title": "His Excellency the President",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta",
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    "content": "My administration is also in the final stages of installing the Likoni Floating Bridge, 824-metre long bridge costing Kshs1.96 billion that will be the first automated floating bridge in Kenya. The Likoni Floating Bridge will help to decongest ferry transport at the Likoni Channel in the context of COVID-19 safety concerns and beyond by providing alternative safe pedestrian connectivity between Liwatoni on Mombasa Island to Ras Bofu on the Likoni mainland side. Further, the Kisumu Port rehabilitation works are on-going, and the new port is already processing fuel products to Uganda. On our railways, two days ago, I commissioned the Nairobi Commuter Railway Upgrades, which are set to dramatically change the public transport experience in Nairobi and across the metropolitan area. Additionally, we are undertaking rehabilitation of the metre gauge railway line along various routes. The Nairobi to Nanyuki route is now back in service after decades of dormancy, with the Naivasha to Kisumu route currently undergoing an overhaul under multi- agency team coordinated by the Kenya Defense Forces. With regard to the energy sector, the last mile connectivity programme crossed the 7.2 million household connections mark and the country is proceeding well towards the aspiration of 100 per cent universal electricity access by 2022. We have also completed a National Geo-Spatial Mapping exercise that has allowed us to catalogue the wealth of our natural resources. It will also enable us to improve the management and use of land, the essential but finite resource that we share as a nation. To protect all these undertakings, I am required to submit a report on the state of our national security pursuant to Article 240 of our Constitution Hon. Members, the state of our national security is strong. Our homeland is secure from the varied threats against it. For this, on behalf of all Kenyans and as the Commander-in-Chief, I give thanks and praise to the brave men and women of our security services."
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