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    "id": 1142738,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "they do? They can come together and form groups. Those with Information Communication Technology (ICT) potential, skills potential and they become the seedbed of incubation centers at the ward development level. These then become centers of outsourcing by some of the international companies. There are some international companies from USA and Canada among other areas who are now relocating their services to developing countries because of the potential of ICT prowess that exists and is available in those areas. You are also able to promote young graduates from technical and vocational training centres who can pull together their human capital and social capital in form of skills and be able to do something to become a viable entity for outsourcing by those countries. Why is China’s economy growing steadily at 10 per cent and above? It is because they have been able to invest in technology. It is important to invest in technology because it is the lease of life we are giving the country to develop. China is able to attract investments from all over the world to be able to manufacture items that are cost effective because of labour. We can turn this country and our counties into these kinds of havens of productive activities and be able to get very reasonable returns for citizens of those counties. At the same time, increase the Gross domestic product (GDP) not only of the counties, but also the national GDP. In supporting this Bill, one of the areas that we will have to strengthen is the question of governance and financing aspects of it. Obviously, the auditing aspects becomes a major pillar on how these should be. They should be able to be put on check because some people have the tendency of squandering away the sweat of other people who have invested so well in these kinds of ventures. Therefore, auditing services which are captured in Article 36 will be a welcome thing to ensure that these funds must be available for collection. On investment potential, the Director of Social Services in the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection should be able to have a very powerful extension arm in being able to assist these groups so that they can be coordinated and put together to achieve their potential. We are in the right direction in adopting this Bill as a product of this Senate. It provides a seed bed for growth in our counties. With devolution, we have no business to start looking for mega projects where we will have no capacity or ability to achieve, but we can start from small items and scale ourselves to large and huge conglomerates which will have a beneficial effect for this country. It will have a social capital, political capital and economic potential. I thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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