President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday said the Jubilee administration has kept its promise in delivering infrastructure and investing in projects that have changed the country for the better.
Some of the delivered promises he highlighted are money for the elderly under the Inua Jamii programme, removal of exam fees, free maternity care for women and road construction.
He said he has delivered on the promise to compensate integrated IDPs, whom he has handed cheques for Sh828 million.
Uhuru concluded his two-day tour of Kisii and Nyamira counties yesterday.
He said the launch of the standard gauge railway, connecting more than three million homesteads with electricity and the upgrade of medical services in all the counties are some of the commendable achievements Kenya has witnessed under the Jubilee administration.
He promised that beginning next year, every new mother will be given health insurance so she and her child can access free services for one year.
Uhuru said his administration will provide free secondary school education.
“We keep our promises. We told you we will give you clean exams and we did,” he said.
Uhuru said the government will expand the Inua Jamii programme, which has enabled many elderly people to live with dignity.
He said every Kenyan who attains the age of 70 will be enrolled into the programme.
The President said the Jubilee administration seeks to eradicate joblessness.
He said the government is partnering with the private sector to provide paid internship for trainee graduates from universities and technical colleges.
“We want to make sure the problem of tarmacking for university graduates becomes a thing of the past. We will give internships for one to two years, after which they can get jobs or even start their own businesses,” Uhuru said.
He urged the opposition to engage in politics of substance and explain to Kenyans what they will do for the country, instead of engaging in empty rhetoric.
