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    "content": "President assured the nation that the Government will remain engaged in pursuit of better maternal healthcare for all women across the country. In the health sector, there are over 44 dialysis machines in public hospitals. It is projected that by December this year, there will be 289 dialysis machines. You know what that means to ordinary poor Kenyans in the rural areas who could only access those facilities at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) or at the Nairobi Hospital, which is expensive. The quality of the education system in Kenya has been ranked not by us, but by the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report, as number one in Africa for the period between 2014 and 2015. As I speak, 22,000 public primary schools in our country have been connected to power. That was not there three or four years ago. I will also dwell on the land issue. One of the issues that have bedevilled our country for many years is the land question. As the Jubilee Administration, under the able leadership of the President, we decided not to carry the land question, but look for answers and offer answers to the land issues. We give the landless Kenyan citizens the legitimacy to own a piece of land. In pursuit of finding an answer to the perennial land question, the Jubilee as Administration has issued, since 2013, 2.4 million title deeds. Our target in our manifesto is 3 million. I am sure in the remaining 15 or 16 months, we will surpass that target and give more Kenyans land. Many Ministers of Land who enjoyed similar facilities never did that. I have covered the issue of the police. Let me go to the key issue of infrastructure. The Jubilee Government has continued to invest in the Lamu Port- South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor Project (LAPSSET) to open up the northern corridor and the pastoralist areas. Today, you can drive from here to Isiolo, Merille River, Moyale up to Marsabit. Over the weekend, I was in Marsabit to attend the 10th Anniversary of great leaders of this House who lost their lives 10 years ago in a plane crash in Marsabit. Among them was Dr. Bonaya Godana. May their souls rest in peace. When this administration took over in 2013, there were pending bills of Kshs120 billion for road construction. Because the current leadership was part and parcel of that Government, the President, who was the Minister for Finance, decided that those pending bills must be paid. Today, Lamu Port’s berths 1, 2 and 3 are under construction, which was commenced by this administration. The LAPSSET headquarters and all the other infrastructure projects are also complete. What remains is mapping of the LAPSSET corridor, which is under way. Let me go to the road sector and this will be in two parts. The completion of road works commenced by President Kibaki and Hon. Raila Odinga was a priority for us. Most of those roads which were under construction are complete. The Kshs120 billion pending bills have been paid. We are now opening a new network of national trunk roads. Specifically, between 2013 and now, the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has completed 1,146 kilometres of new roads. They have also rehabilitated 560 kilometres of roads, and I am sure the Vice-Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Public Works will agree with me. Currently, 401 kilometres of new roads are under construction and 225 kilometres of existing roads are under rehabilitation under KeNHA. KeRRA has constructed 362 kilometres of new roads and rehabilitated 140 kilometres of roads. Another 800 kilometres of new roads and 160 kilometres of existing roads are under construction. I am ready to table a list of the specific roads that these agencies have undertaken. KURA has constructed 120 kilometres of new roads. In the Donholm and Eastlands by-pass, there are 59 kilometres of new roads under construction. 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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