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    "id": 1267688,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "As I conclude, I would like to place emphasis on our Government owning the spaces of innovation and putting up polices that will ensure that we own the revenue that we will get in terms of online businesses. Recently, there was a tax imposed for online content creators. Having a background in ICT and managing a big facility, that is the Facebook Data Centre in Denmark. We are looking at the wrong areas in terms of revenue collection by the Government. We need to look at how to get our taxes back to this country. How can we have online operators coming to set up base in Kenya and be taxable entities? As it stands, none of the big online companies such as Facebook and other social media companies are set up legally in Kenya. Some of them say that we do not have the infrastructure, polices or legal frameworks. That is what the Konza Technopolis Bill will address. We have the infrastructure at Konza Technopolis. We have proper Faiba and facilities where you can plug and play a data centre. What is remaining is the legal framework to operate with, so that we convince investors to come and set up their businesses at the Konza Technopolis. Most importantly, it is not just about the jobs that will be created by having investors setting up their businesses locally. It is also about the opportunities in terms of capacity building of our young people who engage in online and innovative businesses. We need a place where we can enhance the capacity and an authority that will further give opportunities to our youth. That is what the Konza Technopolis Bill will address. I hope we will see this Bill to its fruition. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to call upon Sen. Kisang to second the Bill."
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