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"content": "the loss. It is also a token by the rest of us who are protected by these men and women so that they can also realise that we appreciate the kind of sacrifices that they make. Similarly, the number of police officers and soldiers has increased. As you are aware, just last week, 10,000 new police officers were recruited. We have been doing that for the last three years. We are almost doubling the number of police officers that we found in 2013. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the area of health, the Jubilee Administration is in the process of equipping 98 level four and five hospitals; two hospitals per county, in partnership with the county government because these facilities are under the jurisdiction of county governments, to ensure that complicated diseases such as kidney failure, heart problems and cancer can be diagnosed and treated at the county level to save on costs and the trauma that many patients face to come all the way to Nairobi to queue for one dialysis machine. There are many statistics but there is one that the President gave in his report, that when Jubilee came to power, we had only 44 dialysis machines in Kenya. By the end of this year, we have close to 300; 289 specifically dialysis machines across this country. So, that is seven or eight times if not ten times more than what we inherited. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the energy sector, when Jubilee took over in 2013, we had 1,600 megawatts of power. Right now, we have increased to nearly 2,600 megawatts. Last year alone, under the leadership of His Excellency the President, the Jubilee Administration has put in new 630 megawatts of power. This might look like a small feat but since Independence until 2013, Kenya had only 1,600 megawatts of electricity. So, to generate 600 megawatts in a year is phenomenal. These are good things for our country. However, as the President said towards the end of his Speech, this is good but still we must develop the values that help us celebrate these achievements so that we do not destroy our country. It does not help us to build the country in terms of infrastructure if we do not build the soft values that keep us together as a united nation. We have reduced the cost of connecting power. In 2013, it cost Kshs70,000 to connect to power per customer. The following year, it reduced to Kshs35,000. In the third year, it has reduced to Kshs15,000 per customer. The intention of the Jubilee Government is that by next year, the connection fee will be waived altogether and the connection will be free. You only pay the bill. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the notable feats in terms of achievements for last year is that Kenya is regarded as one of the top three countries in the world in terms of expanding access to electricity from 28 per cent access in 2013 to 54 per cent access by now. This means a double access rate. So, we are proud of our achievements in the energy sector. Regarding the transport sector, as you are aware, the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is 70 per cent complete. It will be complete by June next year before we go to elections. The intention is that it will be extended to Naivasha, Kisumu and later on to Malaba and our neighbouring country. This is the first railway line to be built in 100 years. After the railway was built in 1900 by the colonialists, no single inch of railway has been built by any administration. Therefore, as Jubilee, we are very proud of these achievements. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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