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Hon. Mwaura stated that over 2 million jobs have been created nationwide under the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda, driven by targeted interventions across key sectors of the economy. He explained that the affordable housing programme alone has generated over 420,000 direct and indirect jobs, with the potential to support up to 1 million workers as projects scale up across the country. He added that reforms in agriculture and agri-value chains including fertilizer subsidies and expanded production in coffee, sugar, cotton, dairy, livestock, edible oils, cashew, and coconut have created thousands of rural jobs while strengthening food security and farmer incomes. Furthermore, the formalization of over 3 million MSMEs, coupled with expanded access to affordable credit, has sustained and created hundreds of thousands of jobs in trade, services, and light manufacturing. Additionally, he highlighted that the digital economy and online work platforms are enabling hundreds of thousands of young people to earn incomes, while investments in infrastructure, urban regeneration, and climate-related public works conti