00:00The framework we signed today adds momentum to my administration's universal health coverage
00:05that is focused on supply of modern equipment to our hospitals,
00:10efficient and timely delivery of health commodities to our facilities,
00:15enhancement of our health workforce, and health insurance for all living no Kenyan behind.
00:22This facility will also boost deceased surveillance and emergency preparedness.
00:29On behalf of the government and people of Kenya, I express profound gratitude to the United States,
00:37to President Donald Trump, and to you, Marco,
00:41for the commitment of U.S. dollars 1.6 billion to Kenya over the next five years.
00:47This gesture of goodwill by President Trump on behalf of the American taxpayers
00:53reinforce our ongoing mobilization of domestic resources by Kenyans
01:00and actors and stakeholders in Kenya to the health sector.
01:08And I assure you that every shilling and every dollar will be spent efficiently, effectively, and accountably.
01:17And let me say this for the record, that already we are mobilizing our own domestic resources
01:23to the tune of $3 billion to support the health deployment of health infrastructure in Kenya.
01:32Not just health personnel.
01:34We now have 107,000 community health promoters built into the health infrastructure,
01:42building from the bottom of the pyramid in every village, in every health center, in every dispensary,
01:51and making sure that health does not become a privilege for those who can afford,
01:57but a right for every citizen.
01:59Thank you very much to President Trump and his foresight and commitment
02:05to the relationship that exists between Kenya and the United States
02:10and between the United States and Africa.
02:14And let me say this, that as we sign this agreement, the first one ever,
02:20we don't take it for granted that many officials have spent many hours in putting this together.
02:27I want to commend them, both from the United States and from Kenya,
02:31so that we can do the easy job, me and Marco here, to do the final seeing of this agreement.
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