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    "id": 1151462,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the County E-Health Bill (Senate Bills No. 39 of 2021). I also laud the industry of the Members who have sat in this House patiently to ensure that this Bill is processed. I appreciate the hon. Speaker for his industry and the manner in which he has guided us for the many days. It is difficult to concentrate in this House with the campaigns going on out there. The nation should know that we have a Speaker who puts the interests of the Senate first ahead of his own personal interests. I will make brief comments to ensure that the Mover is able to reply. This is an excellent idea. I wish we had dealt with it much earlier in the life of this Senate. Sen. Pareno is calling for establishment of an integrated e-health system at national and county governments. E-health is all about the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for health purposes. Kenya has been an early adopter of technology in various functions and walks of life. The experience of Kenya with the use of M-Pesa in financial services is legendary and has been studied in Ivy League Institutions. The question has been asked why other jurisdictions are not able to do what we have done with M-Pesa. Mr. Speaker, Sir, every time we are talking about Kenya’s greatest innovation, we are told that it is M-Pesa. Others have studied what we have done with M-Pesa and gone ahead and integrated all sorts of things into the payment ecosystem, such that today you can make payments with your smart-watch or by swiping your phone. I encourage our innovators that the success of M-Pesa, which was done 10 or so years back, should not blind us away from continually innovating. One matter that will need to be looked at when we come back to this House will be transaction costs."
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