Uhuru Kenyatta

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: As we seek to grow our industries and create jobs in the manufacturing sector, we must of necessity have the manpower, with requisite skills to match the needs of the industry. Majority of the skills required are with respect to blue-collar jobs that need young men and women who understand the basics of the digital economy and who have the capacity to deploy both knowledge and ingenuity as they seek to solve practical problems. It has taken considerable effort on the part of my administration to educate both parents and young people that there is a viable education pathway for ... view
• 12 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: riders can come together and become owners of capital and the holders of major investments. We are encouraging them to engage in saving schemes and to work together in order to create a capital base that will enable them to own petrol stations, boda boda assembly factories and other investments that will transform their lives. view
• 12 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Shifting our youth to become owners of capital also requires us to develop productive capabilities that move them from rudimentary to complex operations. This is partly why we have revived RIVATEX as a producer of textiles and consumer of locally produced cotton. This is in line with the Agricultural Transformation Strategy that obliges the growth of new strains of bio- technical cotton as a key area of opportunity for Kenyan farmers. The manufacturing pillar of the Big Four also aims to provide some training ground for our young people to acquire skills and replicate these in light industries. The third ... view
• 12 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Hon Members, even as we mooted the Four Big intentions, we recognised then, as we still recognise now, that the task of ending the indignity of not having decent shelter, the task of enhancing access to Universal Health Coverage, the task of enabling all who are willing to live in dignity through the sweat of their brow to thrive, and the task of ensuring food and nutrition security would not be completed in a single term of office. That being the case, we give our solemn vow that by the end of 2022, we would have laid an unshakable foundation ... view
• 12 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: As an enabler to the Big Four Agenda, my Government continues to roll out seminal programmes in response to the needs of businesses both large and small. We are continuously enhancing the ease of doing business and creating an enabling environment for all our enterprises to thrive. Earlier this week, I, commissioned a Transit Shed at the Kenya Railways, Nairobi, dedicated it as the clearing point for cargo imported into the country by our small traders, saving them the agony of delayed clearing of their trade wares as well as saving them considerable financial cost. The dividends of our sustained ... view
• 12 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: My Government has heeded the cries of Kenyans for bold and decisive actions to reduce the unnecessary regulatory burden occasioned by the multiplicity of licenses at both the national and county levels. Our initial focus in Nairobi City County has seen the waiver of Single Business Permits for all new businesses registered in Nairobi 33 for the first 2 years of their operations, effective March this year. We also have waived the presumptive tax requirement for all new businesses. These two initiatives and others within our ease of doing business programme will now be aggressively rolled-out nationwide as we endeavour ... view
• 12 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: My administration is also in the final stages of installing the Likoni Floating Bridge, 824-metre long bridge costing Kshs1.96 billion that will be the first automated floating bridge in Kenya. The Likoni Floating Bridge will help to decongest ferry transport at the Likoni Channel in the context of COVID-19 safety concerns and beyond by providing alternative safe pedestrian connectivity between Liwatoni on Mombasa Island to Ras Bofu on the Likoni mainland side. Further, the Kisumu Port rehabilitation works are on-going, and the new port is already processing fuel products to Uganda. On our railways, two days ago, I commissioned the ... view
• 12 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: We have continued to root out terrorists, arrest and prosecute many. Their plots are detected and disrupted before they can cause serious harm to more innocent Kenyans. The war against crime and criminality continues at a pace driven by the National Police Service (NPS) that continues to undertake technological human resource and skills development to better serve Kenyans. While we celebrate the state of our national security, we must also recognise that our region is increasingly becoming unstable. We are witnessing the escalating conflicts being caused by the enthnicised and regionalised competition for political power. As has always been the ... view
• 12 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: They need politics in which competition is not turned into enmity and war. They need political leaders focused, including the young and desperate, on not inciting them to revolt against their country and their elders. We have learned, as Kenyans, that elections alone cannot bring peace 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. view
• 12 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: and unity to a divided people. For that, leaders must reach out to each other and build bridges over turbulent waters to allow the people to cross to safety and prosperity. view