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    "content": "In 2013, we promised to connect every county to fibre optic technology in order to ease access to information. Today, every county headquarters is connected to fibre and 50 per cent of all sub-county headquarters are also connected. We have kept that promise. In 2013, we promised to provide access to electricity for 70 per cent of all households by the end of 2017. Today, we have connected an additional 3.7 million new homes to electricity. We have more than doubled in four years, the total number of connections made since Independence. For Jacob Shirandula of Fubuye village in Malava, and Nancy Ekeno of Ogilgei village in Njoro, being connected to the grid has changed their lives for the better alongside that of millions of other Kenyans. We have kept the promise. In 2013, we promised to connect electricity to all public primary schools by 2017. Today, having connected an additional 14,045 schools representing over 98 per cent of all public primary schools in the country, we have kept that promise. In the health sector, we promised to upgrade our public hospital facilities. Prior to 2013, only four referral hospitals had such equipment. Four years later, through the Innovative Managed Equipment Service Programme, I am pleased to say that 92 hospitals across all counties have now been equipped with modern diagnostic equipment. For example, I have the uplifting story of Jackson Wamai, a 28-year old secondary school teacher in Murang’a who was diagnosed with kidney failure five years 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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