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    "id": 1074070,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Statement by Sen. M. Kajwang'. We cannot run away from technology; new technology is with us. The most important thing for every society to do is to embrace new technology and find ways to control the consumption of the same, especially checking on the negatives. Drones are very important technology and have been used in various ways to enhance development. Drones can be used to capture live events. Drones can also be used in agriculture, as Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve said, to enhance farming. It is a very important technology that cannot be ignored. Mr. Speaker, Sir, drones can also be used to survey places, especially dangerous places that are difficult to work in because of the dangers that can be encountered. Such areas can be surveyed thoroughly with the help of the drones. Mr. Speaker, Sir, drones have also been used in other countries to deliver small items in areas that those items could not be delivered physically or using other means. Drones have proven to be very important means of delivery. They can also be used through enforcements. This is especially by the police when they are fighting terrorism. These particular drones can be used in such particular areas. It has also proven of late that drones are very important when it comes to keeping an eye on the wildlife to fight intruders in the wildlife areas. What is important with the use of this particular technology is that there should be an introduction of effective legislation to control the use of drones. Mr. Speaker, Sir, recently, one of them strayed to the compound of the Deputy President leading to a lot of suspicion. Unless this particular technology is controlled legislatively, drones can easily be abused by some people. They can also be used illegally to survey on military installations, which can easily expose secrets of the military strategic installations. They can be used by criminals to spy on some areas that are safeguarded for the protection of the citizens. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my advocacy on this particular area as I support this particular Statement by Sen. M. Kajwang', is to create effective legislation so that it can be controlled and its positive importance may be maximized. I support this new technology and I say we cannot run away from technology. The only thing we can do as legislators is always to legislate on control measures that can assist these particular technologies to be consumed positively. Thank you."
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