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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to comment on the Statement because this is a very important Statement concerning the issue of drones. As you are aware, even in the retail world, there are a lot of mega-shops and industries that depend on drones to make deliveries. In fact, in normal practical activity in the commercial world, the drones are going to play a very important role. In places like California, you can get a drone to deliver a meal to your doorstep. Without a doubt, drones are going to play a very important role, not just the way they are doing in the more industrialized, developed countries and technologically savvy countries. If we, as the Kenyan nation, are going to keep up with the best, the issues that are raised in this Statement by Sen. M. Kajwang are worthy of consideration. Sometimes we lag and pull our legs for long. As you read activities in the region, in the field of technology, Rwanda is doing what is unimaginable compared to the countries in the neighbourhood, including our larger economy as Kenya. Kenya should wake up because I can tell you that there was a time when I was fearful that for many reasons, Ethiopia was going to surpass us because of the size of her economy, her population and the advances it was making in certain areas like technology, aviation and energy. However, because of the political instability in Ethiopia, I can see Kenya still retaining her position as a market leader. We cannot maintain that position unless we become the leader in the areas of technology. The more you restrain the use of technology, the more we are going to be pulled back. I remember when the mobile phones came, to get, buy or possess one, you literally had to go to the Minister of in-charge of Information Technology. I had to do that; go through the Minister who was then in charge in order to be given permission to own a mobile phone. As Sen. M. Kajwang has rightly pointed out, the use of drones should not be frowned upon. Even the size that was applied around the small helicopter; the rover on mars, conceptually, the activities it was undertaking were almost that of a drone, except that it could not fly back to the earth. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is the time and the sooner we move, the better. I had hoped that instead of asking for a Statement, Sen. M. Kajwang', probably would initiate an activity to end up in that kind of legislation that we need to put in place. Otherwise, if we leave it to the bureaucracy, it is going to take a long time. There are also vested interests that would not allow this kind of activity to be undertaken. I support this request for a Statement and hope that we will have it as soon as possible. Thank you."
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