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"speaker_name": "Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta",
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"content": "economy and our social institutions. It ensures that, if we can conquer and put this disease aside and fully return to normal, we can continue on our growth trajectory. No Kenyan should hold back from this perfectly safe and free way to protect themselves, their families, their neighbours, their colleagues and the nation at large. Let us tear down this disease, ladies and gentlemen. Hon. Speakers, throughout our history, the collective task of nation-building has been guided by the shared aspirations of eradicating the indignities of ignorance, disease and hunger. This was the vision that fuelled our struggle for Independence. Post-Independence, every Kenyan generation and administration since has sought to do all within its means to finally slay the three- headed monster that has plagued us for over many centuries. To steer the nation towards a path for the realisation of these aspirations, the people of Kenya entrusted the responsibility of actualising that vision to the elected and appointed State officials, and officers to whom the powers of our nation have been delegated. These elected and appointed State officers include 47 Governors, 350 Members of the National Assembly, 67 Members of the Senate and 2,240 Members of the County Assemblies. We are many, but we must act as one - one Government of Kenya that acts in unison to give the people of Kenya a better present and a brighter future. Our collective contributions to move the nation closer to her destiny of a fairer, just and equitable Kenya for all, builds on the intentions of previous administrations as supported by the Houses of Parliament and the organs of the state. I say this fully aware of our enormous work and that this enormous work cannot be concluded in one generation. Ours is a relay race where we receive the baton and run the race, and pass it on to our successors, unbroken. This most notable intergenerational quest is what inspired the Big Four Agenda as the strategic guide for my second term in office. To do so, my administration and our colleagues in both tiers of Government had to make commitments towards the transformation in the four key areas of intent. The first one is liberating our people from the poverty of dignity caused by inadequate services. The second is transitioning our people, especially our youth, from being recipients of hand outs to producers of goods and services as well as owners of capital. The third is building a holistic base of human capital that is food-secure and health-assured. The fourth is the restoration of the dignity and the pride inherent in one owning a decent home. Hon. Speakers, I will now give an account of what my administration has done, not only in the last year, but also what we have attempted to do in the last eight years as well. I will use the last eight years to give these august Houses a scale against which everything that my administration has achieved is to be measured. I will use history as a yardstick that we can borrow from to appreciate the achievements of our two tiers of Government and our objective of delivery. The first area of thrust that I will report on is the state of our economic development. I will borrow from the Four Legacy Frames I articulated in my Madaraka Day Speech on 30th June, 2021 in Kisumu City. Under the state of our economic development, I will report on two frames that have guided my administration. These are Economic Acceleration and the Big Push Investments. Allow me, Hon. Members, to start with Economic Acceleration which is increasing the speed of achieving our economic goals. I also use the word “acceleration” to imply the mechanism of multiplying our economic fundamentals. When my administration took office in April, 2013, we were eager to multiply what was bequeathed to us. I am happy to report to this Parliament that we have multiplied our critical fundamentals in ways even I did not imagine were possible. For instance, in 2013, Kenya was Africa‟s 12th wealthiest nation with a GDP of Kshs4.74 trillion. This GDP was accumulated in a span of 123 years through the four"
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