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    "content": "Hon. Speakers, the delivery of the Big Four Agenda is on course and we expect the private sector to take advantage of the policies and incentives in place and turn the four priority areas into mighty engines of wealth and job creation. The realization of the Big Four Agenda is dependent on critical enablers, including; energy, transport, education, water, Information, Communication and Technology (ICT). To provide reliable and cost-effective electricity that meets current and future demand, we have put in place measures to accelerate the development of the entire power generation, electricity transmission and supply infrastructure. This will also support the realization of universal access to electricity by the year 2022. I am happy to report that installed capacity has increased from 1,768 megawatts in March of 2013, to the current 2,712 megawatts, with Lake Turkana Wind, Ngong Wind and Garissa Solar Power Plants joining the grid within the last year. In collaboration with development partners, we have made tremendous gains in scaling up connectivity over the last six years, with the number of electricity connections rising from 2.2 million in March of 2013, to 7.1 million as at March of 2019. The tangible impact on the lives and livelihoods of our people, associated with increased electricity connectivity cannot be gainsaid."
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