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    "content": "Kenyans who have received international recognition and nomination for international award have shown that investing in the arts and entertainment sectors, will not only create jobs, but will boost tourism and promote our culture around the world. To that end, we will legislate to increase local content to 60 per cent from the current 40 per cent in local TV channels. Hon. Members and Senators, we must deliver on Vision 2030 and continue to build our nation’s infrastructure; roads, railways, houses, ports, schools and hospitals. Through projects such as LAPPSET, we will drive economic growth, job creation and deepen our links with regional partners. In particular, our nation is in desperate need of new housing. To meet the shortage, we need to construct 250,000 houses annually, but at the present we build only 50,000 houses per year. When it comes to transport, we need a new mass transport and commuter networks in our cities and long distance connections to our regional neighbours as well as improvement of local roads so that our people can move freely across our nation. However, in order to achieve this, we need to take measures to increase the pool of domestic capital available for infrastructure development and attract even greater levels of foreign direct investment as well. My Government’s main focus should be in the efficient provision of services to the people not merely the ownership and management of assets. To this end, my focus is to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in the services delivered by my Government. This Government will ensure food security by investing and modernizing the agricultural sector. Through improved financing, irrigation, research and development and the return of extension services, we will enable farmers to move from subsistence to commercial farming. We will support the National Land Commission and fund the adjudication and titling of land, assisting them in their endeavour to promote land ownership as a factor of production and thereby enhance food security. This Government is committed to ensuring the highest attainable standard of health. Our policy aims to ensure that all Kenyans have access to well equipped health facilities and well trained and motivated healthcare workers, in addition to developing"
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