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    "id": 1404373,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1404373/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Aldai, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Marianne Kitany",
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    "content": "DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURES TO MITIGATE DIGITAL EXCLUSION THAT, aware that the Government of Kenya has prioritized digitization and automation of government processes and services as part of the Kenya Digital Master Plan (2022-2030), the blueprint for leveraging and deepening the contribution of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to accelerate the country’s economic growth, further aware that the Government is committed to consolidating industrial academic institutions and other innovators to co-invest in emerging technologies to create high quality jobs that leverage on Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics and other technologies; cognisant of the fact that the Kenya Government intends to increase internet broadband connectivity across the country through construction of 100,000 kilometres of national fibre optic connectivity network; concerned that as the country rapidly digitises services and processes, the high costs of data internet services as well as purchase of internet enabled digital devices may lead to digital exclusion of a majority of Kenyans; recognising that 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 The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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