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"speaker_name": "Kitutu Masaba, ODM",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was just bringing the matter to your attention. As the Chairperson of the Committee has said, we cannot be a productive and innovative country without research. Prof. Shaukat proved to us that he is capable of leading this new State Department because of his vast experience. It has been separated from universities because they are struggling. So, this State Department will be a standalone. With the support of the House in terms of funding, we will move Kenya in the right direction of innovation and become a productive country. I will not say much because time is limited. I beg to second."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Hon. Junet, Leader of the Minority Party."
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"speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I want to thank the Executive for setting up this very important State Department for Science, Research and Innovation. What is happening in the world now is about innovation and technology transfer. If you watch the news today, President Trump has frozen US$200 million for innovation in Harvard University. This tells you how important this conversation is. 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."
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"content": "Secondly, Prof Abdulrazak Shaukat is a renowned scholar in this country. He is a man of impeccable credentials. He has helped and served this country all his life under many capacities. He has given his life to public service. There is no better person to be in charge of the State Department for Science, Research and Innovation than Prof Abdulrazak Shaukat. With those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Thank you very much, Leader of the Minority Party. Hon. Farah Maalim, contribute for two minutes."
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"speaker_name": "Dadaab, WDM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I have known Prof Abdulrazak for more than three decades. He has a powerful wealth of knowledge. At this stage, he is serving in that unique position as the only African in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). This is a man who will take research in this country to a much higher level. As one of my old friends has said, we need to dedicate not less than 2 per cent of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to research, so that we can benefit from Prof Abdulrazak while he still has the energy and mind. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support the Motion. We should not waste more time on it."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Hon. Ndindi Nyoro contribute for two minutes."
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"speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What we call Silicon Valley today is out of a policy in the United States of America (USA) called Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) a few decades back and also the proximity to Stanford University. STEM Policy gave the USA many immigrants who were very good and smart in those areas. The availability of money from Wall Street gave them seed money to commercialise those ideas. This goes on to show how important research and development is for the growth of the country. I challenge the nominee that in many developed economies, the budget for research and development actually comes from the private sector. That way, it is given room to thrive. For example, if you look at the research and development budget for a company like Amazon, it is bigger than the entire research and development budget for Germany. In the USA, if you take only two technology companies, their research and development budget is bigger than the physical research and development budget of the USA. Lastly, as a House, we must look at the size of the Government. This is a new State Department. I do not think that the previous one ought to have been split. One person can handle our universities and this State Department can stay where it was before. The actual roles are done by the Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs). We have universities on one side. In this State Department, we have National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) which duplicates what the Principal Secretary will be doing. I submit, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): The Woman Representative for Mombasa County, please summarise."
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