Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1341859,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1341859/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 100,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Aldai, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Marianne Kitany",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "National Digital Master Plan 2022-2032, the blue print for leveraging and deepening the contribution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to accelerate the country’s economic growth; further aware that the Government is committed to considering the industrial academic institutions and other innovations to coexist in emerging technologies to create high quality jobs that leverage on artificial intelligence, robotics and other technologies; cognisant of the fact that the Government intends to increase internet broadband connectivity across the country through the construction of 100,000 kilometres of national fibre optic connectivity network; concerned as the country rapidly digitises services and process the high cost of data internet services as well as purchase of internet enabled digital devices may lead to digital exclusion of a majority of Kenyans; recognising there is need to bridge the existing gap in ICT to ensure inclusivity in access to internet and make Kenya a regional ICT hub while keeping pace with the shifting technological changes; noting that the Government’s plan for a digital superhighway may not be realised without deliberate interventions to lower data cost; now therefore, this House resolves that the Government, through the Ministry of Information, Communication and Digital Economy formulates a policy to: (a) Regulate internet dealing by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by providing for metered billing of internet use on consumption in order to mitigate exploitation and secure economic interests of internet users in line with Article 46 of the Constitution; and, (b) Require internet service providers to develop and deploy quality metered billing systems capable of monitoring consumer usage and to convert readable details and creating invoices based on consumption and align their metrics with the value customers get from the various internet services. Thank you."
}