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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1262242/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "This is a very important Bill in terms of the technological advancement of this country. Today, people are aiming for stars. They are doing all things digitally. In this country, we are yet to discover the digital frontier. If you look at everything that we use, it is not local products or content. The reasons for that are many and some are frightening. For example, just about three days ago, I was interacting with some Government organization. I asked them, where they get their IT solution. It is a solution that is used to interface Kenya with the international community. They told me they bought it from Sierra Leone for many shillings. I asked if we have no local capacity to come up with that kind of solution. The fellow told me that Kenya has the capacity, which is better than that of Sierra Leone. However, the fellow asked me: “Who will give you the chance?” So, we are buying and sending billions of shillings to buy technology from Sierra Leone, a tiny country. We also buy from Mauritius, which we depend on a lot. Yet, our young people can do many things given an environment where they can thrive. Many of these have to do with the State, which has an obligation to invest so that citizens can have opportunities to innovate. Investments can also be in the form of creating a market. I hardly see any competitions being held calling Kenyans to do a, b, c or and compete for this or that."
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