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"content": "So, I support this Motion because we will be able to reach this useful information at our fingertips to be able to make key decisions. I laud my good friend, Dr. Khalwale, for bringing the issue of our heroes who have passed through here. In this year and age, it should be possible, for instance, if I want to know about Jean Marie Seronei. I should be able to just type the name Seronei and it should be possible for me to see both his contribution in text, audio and video. This is the area that we need to go. The other day, I got very embarrassed when I went to one of the schools. Normally when I go to schools, I try to dish out some quick quizzes and also reward those students who are alert. I was amazed that among the 40 candidates who were sitting for Kenya Certificate of Primary School (KCPE), there was no one seemed to know who the first Attorney-General of Kenya was. With that, it showed that there is a big gap and we need to be able to provide this information and make it available so that we can be useful."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, I think if we have an interactive information portal for the whole country, it will be one of the ways to try and fight the cancer of illiteracy which has dogged our country for a long time. As I walk around the countryside, I have noted that many problems that we have between Kenyan communities come as a result of misinformation. I remember that there is a day I was talking to one hon. Member and I told him the need for us to be more open minded in the way we go about electing our leaders, for instance. The impression he gave me is that he believes that if some communities in Kenya ascend to the presidency, even if you meet somebody relieving himself, they would tell you that you must wait until the Government finishes relieving itself. I think that kind of misinformation is what we need to erase from our minds and we can do that by using this information to particularly highlight the positive attributes of the different cultures of the Kenyan people. That way, we will be driving towards a lasting communal cordiality among our people and we will be driving towards achieving long lasting national cohesion. That one can only be possible if this information can be made available."
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"content": "With those remarks, I support."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I thank the hon. Member for Emuhaya for bringing up this Motion which is long overdue. The issue of information for planning is very key. Kenya hopes, through Vision 2030, to be a first world but we cannot reach that level if we do not have information on what is available and what is needed to arrive there. I want to say that what the hon. Member is proposing about special data infrastructure is very critical. As we are today, if you want information for agriculture, you have to go to the Ministry of Agriculture physically to get that information. That also applies to the Ministry of Gender and Children Affairs. What the hon. Member is saying is that we must bring this information together so that one does not have to go to the Ministry of Agriculture or Ministry of Gender and Children Affairs to get that information. As of today, we are struggling to resolve issues of land ownership and other things and I hope this system, if put in place, the land administration system will be easy and everybody will have access to that information. We do not have to go to the Ministry of Lands to get the search certificate or we do not have to get the maps from the Ministry of Lands. All that information should be in their system. If that happens, we will avoid situations like what is happening now. We will be able to manage all our resources like water. I do not want to say much but I want to support the Motion and say that once this Motion is passed today, the Committee on Implementation should ensure that it is implemented by the relevant Ministry."
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"content": " Minister, it is your time but if you want to donate some of your time to other hon. Members, you may."
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"content": " Much obliged, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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"content": " Who do you want to donate to and how many minutes are you giving him?"
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will donate three minutes to Mr. Namwamba and two minutes each to the rest."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker. May I also thank the Minister for the indulgence. I will be very quick because I only have a couple of minutes."
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"content": "It is often said that information is power and that if you have access to information, you will make correct decisions and interventions that are ultimately useful to society. I represent a constituency that faces considerable environmental challenges. The Minister is aware of this because she has often grappled with some of these challenges. One of the challenges we have faced is being unable to have information that can enable those responsible to make quick decisions. One of the things that the Government has been able to do – I want to commend the Government even as it grapples with the possibility of setting up this system – is to establish an environmental data assessment facility in my constituency, Budalang’i. That can now enable the Ministry of State for Special Programmes to accurately gauge the risk of flooding and other environmental disasters and act appropriately. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the importance of this kind of system cannot be gainsaid. Whereas I know that it is going to take considerable resources to put this kind of system in place, I want to urge Government to start taking that first step as the Chinese say a journey of 1,000 miles starts with the first step. As we go into the process of preparing the Budget for 2012/2013, it will be a great step for the Government to set aside resources to get this process on track. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support."
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