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    "id": 1031548,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta",
    "speaker_title": "His Excellency the President",
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        "legal_name": "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta",
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    "content": "My Government recognises the important role played by Information Communication Technology (ICT) and innovation in overall national development. Information Communication Technology has greatly improved access to government services and enabled Kenyan youth to access job opportunities outside Kenya. To ensure that Kenyans continue to enjoy these benefits, my administration has increased access to ICT infrastructure and connectivity through the roll out of the basic voice infrastructure in 67 sub-county locations in all un-served areas. To improve access to information and e-government services, my administration has also established 135 constituency innovation hubs across the country. Hon. Speakers, as part of my functions as President, I am also requested to submit a report for debate in the National Assembly on the progress made in fulfilling the international obligations of the Republic. At the end of this Address, I will submit this Report to this House. However, some of the key achievements of that Report are worth mentioning in this State of the Nation Address. As we relentlessly pursue our national development agenda, we remain alive to the fact that, as a respected member of the community of nations, we have obligations on the regional, continental and global stages. We are also acutely aware that the modern world is one where a myriad of transnational traditional as well as emerging security and ecological challenges pose grave threats to national security and development within our own borders. That said, we also do not lose sight of the tremendous opportunities available regionally, continentally and globally for Kenya to deepen her shared prosperity. The East African Community (EAC) remains Kenya’s foremost trade and investment priority. With the ever-deepening integration process demonstrated by easier movement of labour as well as goods and services within the EAC, our people are truly reaping the benefits of shared prosperity. I look forward to working closely with all our neighbours to increase our exports within the EAC. I am happy to note that in 2019, our exports to the EAC jumped to a six-year high. As we join ranks with our brothers within the African Continent, in March 2018, Kenya and Ghana became the first countries to not only sign, but also to ratify the landmark agreement creating the African Continental Free Trade Area. Once again, Hon. Members, I thank you for your support in making that happen."
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