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    "id": 1267683,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1267683/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "You will realise that based on certain policies and regulations that we have right now, we are unable to push for more investors to come to Konza Technopolis. One of the issues that need to be addressed in order for this Bill to make sense is that most of data produced by Kenyans is stored abroad. We are trying to push to have a data centre industry here in Kenya. One of the issues I hope will be addressed by the Data Protection Bill that I have also sponsored is that we will have local storage for all our data in Kenya. Therefore, we will have investors wanting to take up leases under Konza Technopolis, so that they feed the market using data stored locally. This Bill that I am proposing also seeks to give a framework to give incentives to investors. If you look at Part IV of the Bill, we will have incentives for investment in the Technopolis. Clause 38 states as follows: “(1) The Authority shall develop and publish in the Gazette the criteria for identifying persons to carry on the business of investors in the Technopolis. (2) The Authority shall, in formulating the criteria under subsection (1), specify — (a) the categories of industries for investment; (b) the minimum amount of resources to be invested; (c) the minimum number of local staff to be employed; and (d) the percentage of local content to be applied to the various categories of local goods, service and human resources by foreign investors.”"
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