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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this chance to also add my voice and make a few comments on this Report by the Committee on ICT. That is one of the Committees that I feel proud to have been a Member for quite a number of years. I see that there are many things which the Committee on ICT continues to pursue which began during those years. I used to think that I know a lot about ICT until sometime last Senate under the Chairmanship Hon. Mutahi Kagwe who was our ICT Chairman then. We had the opportunity to visit the Panasonic Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. They opened our thinking of what our potential is as a Country and the many things that we are getting wrong; some so basic, some so complicated. There was a silver lining though in that visit. As part of their display and the things that they showcased to the rest of the world is the system that was touted. It costed about Kshs20billion in Mombasa, Nairobi and Kisumu; the security cameras that capture on going activities within a city that most of the time we have ended up not using it. On many occasions where there have been crimes, I have seen Kenyans wake up excited and say that if that crime happened on Kenyatta Avenue, it would be captured by the cameras. I remember the killing of the late Hon. George Muchai, former Member of Parliament for Kabete. People said that if the shooting happened on Kenyatta Avenue, we would know the perpetrators because we have security cameras there. Only to be reported that the gentleman who was on duty had switched off the cameras and forgot to switch them on; typical Kenyan behaviour."
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