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    "id": 1011681,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "(f) 5G Technology; (g) Taxation of the technology space, including the Digital Service Tax (DST), among many other issues that I will enumerate shortly. The reason I am jumping to this is so that when I truncate and jump some of these things, that is the scope of the things that the Committee has canvassed during the period under review. In respect of Bills, the following Bill were considered during the period under review- (1) The County Outdoor Advertising Control Bill (Senate Bills No. 19 of 2018); (2) The County Outdoor Advertising Control Bill, (Senate Bills No. 19 of 2018) was published on 13th July, 2018 and read a First Time in the Senate on 11th September, 2018. If you recall, yesterday was when we voted and passed it. I will skip the details of all the work that has been done by this Committee because as the Report has been given, the details of the numerous engagements, public participation and other engagements with stakeholders are enumerated in the Report. Regarding Statements, pursuant to Standing Order No.48 (1), one Statement by Sen. Kasanga was referred to the Committee during the period under review. At the Sitting of the Senate held on 30th May, 2019, Sen. Sylvia Kasanga requested a Statement on the Status of Mobile Connectivity for marginalised areas and special projects. The Committee held a sitting with the Cabinet Secretary for ICT, Youth and Innovation and the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) on 19th August, 2020, where they report on the various measures being deployed to close the connectivity gap in the country, primarily through the use of the Universal Service Fund. The Committee noted that over and above connectivity challenges, there were also concerns about access to smart devices."
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