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    "content": "Last year, we did deploy our Defence Forces to Somalia in order to deal with a terrorist organization that showed disregard for the sanctity of life, disrespect for human rights and contempt for the law. In doing so, we demonstrated to our citizens and to the world that we will deal decisively with any external threat to our citizens. The threats to internal security still remain. We will deal with those threats with the same single-minded resolve; the same commitment to protect our citizens. My Government will improve security at our frontiers and progressively improve the ratio of police to citizens across Kenya by bringing it closer to the United Nations ratio of one police officer for every 450 citizens. This Parliament must progressively put in place measures that will strengthen our police service. We must afford them the dignity that is due to any citizen who risks their life in the line of service to the people and the nation- protecting our lives and property. In view of this, we will probably equip each police unit in order to increase effectiveness and ensure their rapid response to incidents of crime. This will also include working to ensure that their welfare is protected. The next pillar we will build on is job creation. Forty per cent of our population is currently without work. Among our youth, unemployment is as high as 70 per cent. For far too long, this our greatest national resource has received insufficient attention and the energy and time of our youth have been wasted through alcohol and drug abuse. We will put measures in place to harness the time and talents of our youth in order to grow our economy. We will consolidate and harmonize the youth and women’s funds to ensure these funds are easily accessible to citizens at the constituency level through basic models on the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) framework."
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