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    "id": 1262210,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1262210/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mpesa is a product of innovation and creative thinking. The issue of patents and patenting is very important. You will find young people come up with a product or an application, but it becomes a challenge for them to register or patent it with the Kenya Intellectual Property Institute. As a result, many young people end up losing their patent rights. Later, you find out that the people who benefit from the innovation is not the young people who innovated it. This is an important Bill. I want to thank Sen. Crystal Asige because the President His Excellency William Ruto has directed that every constituency should have an Information Communication and Technology (ICT) hub. All the 290 Constituencies will be provided with computers and internet hotspots. When we were growing up, if you wanted to make it in life, you either became a farmer or a business person by opening a kiosk. However, the challenges of today have forced us to work in a smart way. I thank the Government and hope the Bill will form part of the success story of establishing ICT applications. As politicians, we know of the hired bloggers on social media. You will find young people asking for airtime bundles to defend us on twitter, Facebook and"
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