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    "content": "As a Government that deeply cares for its most vulnerable members of society, we have set aside resources for affirmative action interventions and social safety nets so as to empower those Kenyans and enable them to actively participate in our economic development agenda. Accordingly, I have set aside:- (1) Kshs2.1 billion for Affirmative Action, Social Development Fund; (2) Kshs9 billion for orphans and vulnerable children; (3) Kshs7.4 billion for elderly persons; (4) Kshs1.2 billion for those with extreme disability; (5) Kshs300 million for other disabled persons under the coverage of cash transfer; (6) Kshs300 million for street families; (7) Kshs500 million for insurance cover for persons under the social safety net programme through National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF); (8) Kshs800 million for the Children Welfare Society; (9) Kshs400 million for the Presidential Secondary School Bursary Scheme for orphans, poor and bright children; (10) Kshs2.2 billion for resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs); (11) Kshs1.3 billion for hunger safety nets; (12) Kshs1.3 billion for slum upgrading; (13) Kshs1 billion seed capital for the National Fund for Restorative Justice. To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of targeting of the safety net programmes, we shall move all the transfer payments to beneficiaries to a digital platform which should improve transparency, accountability and reduce cost. The Government recognises that investment in quality healthcare services is essential in developing a healthy population with higher productivity for sustained economic growth. Therefore, in partnership with county governments, we have commenced a programme of upgrading healthcare infrastructure and modernising equipment. The recently launched Managed Equipment Services project will ensure that every county in Kenya has two fully equipped hospitals with state-of-the-art healthcare facilities. I welcome the fact that governors have now accepted to partner with the national Government towards improving health services for the wananchi . This essential project will provide each of the selected hospitals with modern theatre equipment, surgical sterilisation equipment, laboratory equipment, kidney dialysis equipment, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facilities, and digital X-ray machines, ultra-sound and imaging equipment. I have proposed an allocation of Kshs4.5 billion for the lease financing of healthcare equipment for this programme in the 2015/2016 Financial Year. Consistent with our policy objective of preventive healthcare programme, notable progress has been registered in our efforts towards eradicating infant as well as maternal mortality. Since the introduction of the free maternal services, cases of maternal deaths in the country have reduced from 500 per 100,000 live births to 488 deaths for every 100,000 live births annually, at a time when the number of women giving birth in hospitals rose to 70 per cent, up from 44 per cent. To further support this programme, I have allocated Kshs4.3 billion in the 2015/2016 Financial Year. I have also provided for the following intervention in the health sector:- (1) Kshs3.5 billion for Kenya Medical Training Centres; 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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