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    "id": 1294315,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir for the opportunity to comment on this Bill. I start by appreciating the spirit of this Bill. Apart from this life of politics, I am an Information Communication Technology (ICT) practitioner. One of the solutions I have provided is integrated hospital solutions. I know what it takes to have that system and its benefits. This Bill is proposing that we have one such system for the entire country, which is a good idea. I think it is long overdue. As Members have said, it will allow sharing of data and things like telemedicine, which are very important. It will stop our Kenyans traveling all the way to India to seek medication when they can still get the same services online. There are good things about it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, however, this Bill is akin to a soda like Fanta, but with some small poison in it, which I think, it is important to talk about as a House. We exist in this House to protect our counties and devolution. When I read through the Bill, though I agree with the spirit of wanting to manage data better, that must be done bearing in mind that we are in a devolved system of Government. When I look at the entire Bill, it is completely transferring the management of data to the national Government. Data is now the engine of everything we do. So, if we allow one arm of Government to control data, we are simply saying that we are now taking back health to the national Government, which I think, is one of the challenges I am seeing in this Bill."
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