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"content": "Mr. Speaker, the development of our human resources and human capital is crucial to our endeavor for an equitable and prosperous society. Justice demands that all Kenyans must be given equitable opportunities and access to social development. We are especially concerned with ensuring that persons with disabilities, poor households and communities, children, youth, aged persons and the sick are well provided for through national policy and legislative frameworks. We are also aware of the need to provide our youth with employable skills. My Government will, therefore, be tabling before this House the Social Protection Bill, the Policy on Older Persons and Aging and the Persons with Disabilities Policy. We shall also table several Bills including the Children (Amendment) Bill, the National Youth Council Bill, the Sports Bill, the Technical Institutes and Vocational Education Training Bill, the Higher Education Bill and the Social Protection Bill. With regard to providing expanding access to health care, safe drugs and medicines and emergency support to all Kenyans, the Government will be tabling the Health Sector Policy, the Veterinarian and Pharmaceutical Drugs Policy, the Traditional Medicine and Medicinal Plants Policy, the National Fire Policy, the National Disaster Policy and the National Alcohol Policy. These policies will be accompanied by several Bills that include the National Health Insurance Fund (Amendment) Bill and the Public Health (Amendment) Bill. Mr. Speaker, the Government is aware of the need to strengthen the capacity and competence of our governance and judiciary systems. We need a firm establishment of the rule of law, and timely and fair dispensation of justice, for our countryâs economic and social transformation to take place. In that regard, the Government has approved hiring of more magistrates and judges to match the caseload. There will also be a much higher budget allocation to the Judiciary to cater for additional staff and court requirements. My Government will, therefore, introduce several new policies and Bills in this sector. These include the National Human Rights Policy, the Legal Education Policy, the Judicial Service Bill, the Small Claims Courts Bill, the Law Reform Bill, the Legal Education and Council for Legal Education Bills. In reforming the Judiciary, we must be guided by the Constitution and the tenets of the rule of law. The reforms we are proposing in the Judiciary are especially critical in the fight against corruption. Such reforms will support expeditious delivery of justice as a key pillar in the fight against corruption. The envisaged reforms will be extended to investigative aspects of corruption. This will ensure speedy conclusion of investigations and action against the perpetrators of corruption that we must effectively deal with in our country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in order to strengthen Kenyaâs capacity to conduct an effective regional and foreign policy, my Government will lay before the House the Kenya Foreign Policy and the Kenyans in Diaspora Policy. Other important policies and Bills that will be brought before the House to strengthen public service reforms include the Local Government (Amendment) Bill and the Consolidated Regional Development Authorities Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the policy and legislative agenda I have outlined is clear evidence of the Grand Coalition Governmentâs resolve to implement most of the issues, which are under Agenda Four of the National Accord. I urge hon. Members to consider"
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