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    "id": 111062,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/111062/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Poghisio",
    "speaker_title": "1 Wednesday, 24th March, 2010(P) The Minister for Information and Communications",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 202,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
        "slug": "samuel-poghisio"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry was earmarked to implement two programmes under the Information and Communications Technology, ICT Economic Stimulus Package, 2009/2010. These are: Mobile Computer Laboratories and one million laptops. The MCL Programmes are aimed at taking ICT training to constituency level by making sure that students from poor schools have the opportunity to learn ICT skills. The programme involves procurement of 210 buses or lorries equipped with computers and furniture to cater for an average class. This was meant to increase access to ICT in the constituencies for learning purposes. To jumpstart the programme, the Ministry wrote to the Chief Transport Mechanical Engineer for specifications of vehicles and they came up with three models depending on the geographical terrain and climatic conditions of the region of the given constituency. These models include one mobile computer laboratory and a large bus of 40 students. A medium class of 4 by 4, nine to ten tonnes, high sided, enclosed mobile computer laboratory for 22 students and the third one large truck, 4 by 2, nine to ten tonnes, high sided, enclosed mobile computer laboratory for 18 students. However, the project was not implemented due to lack of support from both the Parliamentary committees concerned who favoured a fixed computer laboratory located in the schools premises. We were thus requested to initiate another concept. Following this request, my Ministry prepared a concept paper on building ICT skills and capacity for Kenyans through: Provision of computers and band waves to secondary schools and nurturing of ICT incubation centres for hardware and software development for the local and international markets. The programme involves the establishment of computer laboratories for schools targeting constituencies, using locally assembled computers. The Programme targets at least ten secondary schools per constituency each to be supplied with 20 computers for training purposes. My Ministry is still in consultation with the Treasury and other stakeholders on the best way to implement this particular project. (b) Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I have alluded in 1 (a) above, the new proposal seeks to establish fixed computer laboratories in identified schools in every constituency. Please note that this proposal is still under discussion."
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