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| President Uhuru Kenyatta at 2016 Madaraka Day celebrations |
1.Title Deeds
In the 50 years since Independence to 2013, we issued 5.6 million titles. But
in the period since 2013, our Administration has issued 2,322,913 titles.
2.Education
First time in Kenyan history, no parent has been asked to pay exam fees for his
or her child in primary or secondary school. Our Government has increased
capitation for primary schools by 40% and secondary schools by 35 %. The budget
for free primary education was 8.96 billion in 2012/2013, and this has risen to
14.1b in the current financial year. Similarly, the budget for secondary school
education was 19.2 billion in 2012/2013 rising to 32.5b this year.
The budgetary
allocation for the Higher Education Loans Board was 5.5b in 2012/2013, and has
risen to 7.6b this year.
3.Security
We
have added 2,400 new vehicles to the police fleet, significantly enhancing
mobility.
4.Huduma
Centres
To enhance service delivery, we have built more than 40 Huduma Centres across
the country. Huduma, as you well know, is a Jubilee innovation. More than 5m
Kenyans served who previously would have had to travel long distances to
receive such service. I commend all public servants who have adopted to this
service.
5.Electricity
connections
We had 8,000 Schools connected to power before Jubilee. Since 2013, we have
grown that figure to 20,450. Out of these, 750 schools are connected to solar
power. 1150 primary schools remain to be connected, but all will be connected
by end of November. Kenyans connected to power before Jubilee were 2.3m. Today,
we have increased that to 4.1m — that’s an additional 1.6m Kenyans. It means
that the Kenyans with access to power is now about 50 percent compared to 32
percent before 2013. With our plan to put a million Kenyans on the grid every
year, we expect to meet our target of enabling access to 75 percent of our
people.
We had 1,660 megawatts
of power when we came to office. We have added 600 megawatts of clean energy.
For the first time we have a margin of reserve energy.
When we came to office, we had 2,200km of transmission lines. We have added 700
km of transmission lines for a total of 2,900 currently.
6.Social
Protection
710,000 people today benefit from social protection compared to 226,700 when we
came to office. Opportunities for women, youth and people with disabilities. Over
80,000 businesses have registered by Youth, Women and persons with disability
since 2013. Of these, over 30,000 have received business from Government in
last year totaling over 30 billion shillings.
We are sorting out challenge
of registration and seek to streamline this.
All Ministries must ensure that once goods are delivered and invoices raised,
there is no reason why they should not be paid in 2 weeks considering
they have borrowed.
7.
Fertiliser subsidy
When we came to office, fertiliser cost 2,700. Today fertiliser costs 1,800
shillings. We have an increase in production as a result. Subsidised
fertiliser has also been made available to farmers in the maize, wheat, tea,
coffee and sugarcane sectors.
8.
Media and telephony
The number of TV stations has risen to 55 Stations this year from 14 in 2013.
Radio Stations up to 126 from 108. This has largely resulted from the
opportunities presented by digital migration. Many jobs have been created as a
result of digital migration. Mobile telephony has increased by over 20%. In
this context, I urge the National Assembly to re-look at Media Bill and ensure
it does not infringe on constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech and
media.
9.
Devolution
The Jubilee Administration has been Responsible for the implementation of a
whole new constitutional dispensation. We have done it. We are very proud of
this achievement. Devolution may not be working perfectly but it exists and it
is the duty of every Kenyan to make sure it succeeds. Less noise more work.
10.Healthcare
Hospitals are getting new equipment. 10 hospitals done. Our target is 94
hospitals countrywide and we remain very much on course. When we came to
Office, there were 40 dialysis machines existed in Kenya. Once we are through
with our programme will have additional 245 dialysis machines across Kenya. 2
years ago, incidences of malaria at out-patient facilities was 30%. Today, we
have slashed that to 10% as a result of distributing 13.6 million mosquito
nets. We have also increased access to ARVs from 600,000 people when we came to
office to 850,000 Kenyans covered today. Our target is to cover an additional
600,000; meaning that 90% of Kenyans living with HIV will be given treatment. Despite
challenges with immunization, 85% of Kenyan children are now immunized. We are
well above the WHO standard of 80%.
With regard to NHIF –
When we got to office 4 million Kenyan families had insurance cover. Now, we
have added another 1.7 million families. This translates to 26 million Kenyans that
have insurance cover.
Our free maternity
programme has borne fruit. When we came to office only 44 percent of women gave
birth in medical facilities. At present, 68 percent of our mothers are
attending hospitals for childbirth. In 2013, Maternal mortality was 488 per
100,000, and has declined to 310 per 100,000 today. Likewise, the child
mortality rate has declined from 72 per 1,000 to 52 per 1,000 today.
In the coming weeks, I will meet the leaders of the most affected counties to
ensure we bring this down.
11.
Standard Gauge Railway
The SGR 55% done. We are extending to Naivasha as a result of this good
progress. Plans under way for Industrial Park in Naivasha. In addition, the new
container terminal in Mombasa will be ready by next year February. Meantime,
the upgrade of JKIA continues apace. We should have a modern hub in due course.
The Road from Mwatate to Taveta, having been spoken about for 50 years, has now
started.
12.
National Youth Service
NYS
over 100,000 community Youth engaged in various programmes. The NYS School has
expanded from a capacity of 4,000 to 30,000 young men and women undergoing
various vocational training. Yes, there are problems that have arisen but we shall sort them out.
This is an edited version of President
Uhuru Kenyatta's speech during the Mashujaa Day celebrations at Nyayo Stadium
on October 20, 2015
