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    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North. UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " We have satellite technology at the Italian Space Agency at Ngomeni, which is one of the best in this country and the world. But is it useful to us? As a country, have we prepared enough human resource who can take cognisance of this technology and use it to our benefit? I urge the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry to train more people on the use of technology. My mother once told me to buy her a smart phone. I bought it for her and the only way she used it was to make and receive calls. The smart phone has a lot of technology which she was not using. So, I would rather have bought her a kabambe than a smart phone. This is the same thing which is happening in this country. We have a lot of smart technology, but we are not using it to help this country move forward. That is why this debate is very important. Apart from just having a policy, we need to look at how it will be implemented to ensure it helps the Government. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we all know that we have many policy documents lying in big shelves. I am sure we even have a big archive of policies. What percentage has been implemented in this country? Probably one or two per cent. As a country, we are very good at developing policies and investing a lot of money in developing them. Although, they have not helped us move forward, other countries have made leaps by developing policies which they implement and follow. I support this Motion brought by Hon. Abdul. We need to not only develop policies, but also have an implementation matrix attached so that this august House can oversee and ensure they are implemented. It will then follow-up by ensuring that this year’s budget has enough money for implementation. That way, Parliament will be useful to this country. Thank you, Hon. Members for a robust debate on these issues. I also thank Hon. KJ and ask him to invest in learning science. Thank you very much."
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