Uhuru Kenyatta

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: In line with this constitutional instruction, my address today will lay emphasis on three elements that I consider important to our country: First is the state of our economic development, which is about our national wellbeing; second is the state of our social structure, which looks at the restoration and propagation of the dignity of our people; and third is the state of our nationhood, which speaks to the soul of our nation, including the state of our democracy. Before I report on these thematic areas, allow me, ladies and gentlemen and Hon. Members, to give a brief account on ... view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speakers, today I return to Parliament as President and I am here to fulfil a constitutional imperative introduced into our political tradition and practice by the 2010 Constitution. In fact, I was indeed privileged to be the Second President to be discharging this constitutional mandate when I first made my first State of the Nation Address on 27th March 2014. Article 132 of the Constitution mandates the President to report to a Special Joint Sitting of both Houses of Parliament on measures taken and progress made in the realisation of our national values as defined by Article 10 of ... view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: the restoration and propagation of the dignity of our people; and third is the state of our nationhood, which speaks to the soul of our nation, including the state of our democracy. Before I report on these thematic areas, allow me, ladies and gentlemen and Hon. Members; to give a brief account on the state of our national response to emerging disruptions. Specifically, I want to put on record how the power of choice on the part of our Administration, as supported by Parliament and the county governments, turned the COVID-19 pandemic from a national crisis to what I believe ... view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: In 2020 alone, Revital exported over 70 million COVID-19 vaccine syringes to over 20 countries globally. In fact, Revital currently has the capacity to produce 300 million COVID vaccine syringes every year. The global shortage for COVID-19 vaccine syringes stands at two billion and this itself is taking advantage of opportunity. This means Revital is able to produce one out of every 10 COVID-19 vaccine syringes globally. The company saw opportunity in the crisis of COVID-19, adapted accordingly and innovated its business processes to optimise on the new opportunity. Another company in the same league is Hela, a global apparel ... view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: In 2020 alone, Revital exported over 70 million COVID vaccine syringes to over 20 countries globally. In fact, Revital currently has the capacity to produce 300 million COVID vaccine syringes every year. The global shortage for COVID vaccine syringes stands at two billion and this itself is taking advantage of opportunity. This means Revital is able to produce one out of every 10 COVID vaccine syringes globally. The company saw opportunity in the crisis of Covid, adapted accordingly and innovated its business processes to optimise on the new opportunity. Another company in the same league is Hela, a global apparel ... view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: the irreducible minimums recommended by the experts to forestall a Covid disaster. Although the health argument won, we did not dismiss the economic argument in total. We made fiscal choices to cushion the economy through a number of economic stimuli. Today I am happy to go on record in this august House as having succeeded in the choices that my Administration made. Because of our fiscal stimuli, today I can report that the impact of COVID on our economy was 14 times lesser than that on the global economy. As part of the first Stimulus Package, we announced interventions that ... view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: choices were not made. According to these experts, a series of irreducible minimums had to be met before considering softer health protocols. Indeed, after much reflection we opted for the public health argument over the economic argument. Our rationale was that we can always revive an ailing economy, but we cannot bring to life those who die from the pandemic. With this logic informing our choices, we set out to build the irreducible minimums recommended by the experts to forestall a COVID-19 disaster. Although the health argument won, we did not dismiss the economic argument in total. We made fiscal ... view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: The second element of the programme was Education with an additional Kshs6.5 billion to the Ministry of Education to hire an additional 10,000 teachers and 1,000 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) interns to support digital learning, and the acquisition of 250,000 locally fabricated desks. The third element of the programme targeted Small Medium Enterprise (SMEs) through an injection of Kshs5 billion as seed capital for the SME Credit Guarantee Scheme. The intention here is to provide affordable credit to small and micro enterprises. The fourth focused on Universal Health Coverage through acquisition of locally made beds. The fifth element of ... view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: On local infrastructure development, we allocated Kshs10 billion towards the National Hygiene Program (NHP), dubbed the Kazi Mtaani Initiative. The programme was conceptualised as an extended public works project aimed at utilising labour intensive approaches to create sustainable public good in the urban development sector. The Programme has so far secured gainful engagement to over 750,000 youths engaged in improvement to the environment and hygiene and in the rehabilitation of access roads, footbridges and other public infrastructure through local labour. The second element of the programme was Education with an additional Kshs6.5 billion to the Ministry of Education to hire ... view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: It is also the first time Kenya has hit a double-digit growth. The last time Kenya’s economy got close to this kind of performance was in 2010 during the Grand Coalition Government, when the economy hit an 8.4 per cent growth rate. view