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    "content": "Kenya‟s tuna was extracted by other countries and resold in foreign markets. Inability to explore our tuna resources has seen Kenya lose a potential revenue of Kshs3 trillion since 1982, when the Exclusive Economic Zones were set up by the United Nations (UN). To revive this dead capital, my administration formed the Kenya Fishing Industries Corporation in 2019 to regulate the exploration of Kenya‟s marine and fish products. This Corporation took over from the defunct Wananchi Marine Products and is in the process of setting up marine landing sites and processing plants in Lamu, Shimoni and Liwatoni. Once fully operational, the goal is to land 300,000 metric tonnes of tuna every year and employ a workforce of approximately 60,000 people. This industry has the potential to rake in Kshs200 billion a year for Kenya. Overall, as we seek to improve our infrastructure, our commitment to sustainable development is uncompromising. It is the solemn duty of present generations to consciously conserve the natural beauty, ecological splendour and pristine environment that we received from our forefathers and generations before them, and to pass it on to future generations in as good a state as we can, unbroken, as it was given to us, if not in a better condition. In that regard, I note with satisfaction that our Greening Kenya Campaign continues to gain momentum. As a result, approximately 71,794 square kilometres of our homeland is currently constituted of tree cover representing 12.12 per cent, while 52,279 square kilometres of our country is under forest cover which represents 8.83 per cent up from six per cent. We are on course to meet our target of 10 per cent forest cover by 2024 for trees are without doubt the “lungs” of our nation. Hon. Speakers, I will now turn to the third frame which I have used to organise the achievement of goals in my administration. I call it the restoration of dignity and it is a campaign against the three enemies that were identified by our forefathers, namely: ignorance, poverty and disease. The founding fathers of our nation defined dignity as freedom from want and fear. They taught us that there is no self-rule where there is no self-worth. Under this frame, I will report on the state of our water, health, education and security sectors. Where there is no access to clean drinking water, there is no dignity. That is why my administration prioritised and succeeded in providing 35 million people with access to clean water. When I took office in 2013, the entire country was served by just 99 public boreholes. In the last financial year alone, we have managed to sink 262 public boreholes. Today, more than"
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