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    "id": 1151470,
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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": "No, it might not have been the best idea to go for a diesel power plant. Perhaps, we ought to have gone for solar or wind, but the problem is that the regulator is not concerned about the sustainability of your energy source. The regulator is concerned about dominating the entire space and ensuring full monopoly. If we are going to get the hospital in Turkana to apply and plug into this e -health system that Sen. Pareno is proposing, we must have a different policy view towards mini- grids. Without electricity, the fibre optic cables will be useless and the e -health will not be achieved. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I finalise, we must also use technology for preventive and public health initiatives. We have a huge opportunity to use the emerging digital platforms, channels and networks to educate our people. There has been apathy towards vaccination, and I think such people are called anti-vaxxers in the United States of America (USA). For this, we could have creatively used some of the medium, where our young people are, to send the right information. Of course, we do not generate a lot of original content and still consume content from the West. The Ministry of Health, particularly the Public Health, needs to ensure adequate systems and a strong team that can use emerging technologies to educate the public on how to take care of themselves. The team will disseminate information on how to prevent certain ailments. They will educate the public on how to build a certain lifestyle and make lifestyle choices that will then ensure that the Government is not overwhelmed when things go bad eventually. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope that with the passage of this Bill, we will not want the Government to control this Bill. We do not want the Government to control every aspect. However, we want it to just provide a framework that allows innovators to flourish."
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