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    "id": 1132810,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jude Njomo",
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        "legal_name": "Jude L. Kangethe Njomo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The President came to this House yesterday to accomplish a constitutional requirement of briefing the country about development plans and what he has achieved. Some people who were in this House yesterday went home sad and annoyed because they have been preaching a gospel that the Jubilee Government has not attained any development. However, he came out clearly on the developments that his Government has attained. The Government has invested heavily in healthcare and our country is now ranked third in provision of health services in Africa after South Africa and Tunisia. This is not a mean achievement. I am sure we are going to be the top service provider. I recently went to the newly opened Kenyatta University Hospital and was amazed by the kind of services offered there. It is better than most private hospitals that are in this country. He told us about decongestion of Kenyatta National Hospital through provision of other hospitals that have been built around Nairobi. They are not two or three but many. The KNH is not the only one that has been decongested but also Kiambu District Hospital which was receiving many patients from Nairobi. Today, patients from Kiambu County are able to get healthcare services from Nairobi County and thus decongesting Kiambu Hospital. The NHIF is another mark of development of healthcare in Kenya. It is now helping our patients to get medical services and are able to afford it. The President enumerated how we have increased our training facilities for healthcare; Kenya Medical Training Colleges from 28 to 72 institutions within the short time he has been in power. Our President and the Jubilee Government have worked hard including the Linda Mama Program that has been introduced which is helping mothers to deliver. The Government has done very well in terms of education. A quarter of the Budget has been dedicated to education and improvement of education facilities. This has increased the transition rate of our students from Class Eight to Form One to 100 per cent; a dream that we as a country have been having that every child should have a secondary school education. We have been able to attain a book ratio of one book to one child in our schools. Before his coming to power, parents were buying books for their children. Today, apart from the Government paying tuition for students, it is also providing books and other learning materials in a very successful way. Ninety per cent of our schools have been connected to the national grid. Students are able to do their experiments and even study late in the evenings. He did not even mention the kind of work that has been done by the NG-CDF in every constituency which is also provided by the Jubilee Government. It has improved the academic institutions that we have in every constituency. I congratulate His Excellency the President and his Jubilee Government for work well done. Thank you. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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