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    "content": "Technology, then it is now. You will appreciate that they seem to operate properly. Likewise, to the Ministry of Energy whose Vote we have just discussed. That is why in my proposed Bill to reduce this bloated Cabinet, I am also introducing the requirement that one should have a university degree to qualify for appointment to the Cabinet. There is no point in talking about ICT villages and access to information and still have a Cabinet with people who do not have the power to read and do all that appertains to their degrees. You can only get that power at the university, when you graduate. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Ministry has a responsibility of, first and foremost, ensuring access of their services by this country. In particular, on the digital bus they have been talking about, the infrastructure in my constituency cannot allow a digital bus. So, I wish they could talk of a digital lorry, so that I can access that service. More fundamentally, the networks cannot be accessed in some of those areas. We have built secondary schools with Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) money – schools that will not benefit from this initiative. Fortunately, I am a Member of the relevant Committee. So, I will follow up to make sure that even before the digital bus, or the digital lorry arrives, each and every corner of this country has access to mobile telephone services. That way, we can make very good use of these proposals. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to be specific about northern Kenya, and those other areas, that have been forgotten for so long. One of the reasons as to why we cannot even take advantage of this kind of global economy is that given the fact that ICT facilities are not accessible, our limitations of geography also translate into limitations of technology. So, I would like the Minister and his technocrats to ensure that they look at these areas in a special way. There is no point of developing a segment of this society and leaving out other people. At the end of the day, all of us remain poorer because of the burden that we must carry."
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