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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": "Hon. Kimilu, a former Member of the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation, who lives in the neighbourhood of Konza Technopolis, has told us about the benefits of having such the technopolis covering the three counties of Machakos, Kajiado and Makueni. He told us that we need to think of how to put in more resources so that we can have more technopolis like Konza in this republic. He also called upon us to think about how to attract more investment into such amazing developments. The Hon. Saney Ibrahim talked about how this Bill will equalise and bridge the digital gap. I took that very seriously. We sit in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) with the Hon. Millie Odhiambo. She will tell you that when we stand on the Floor of that global Parliament – the Parliament of parliaments that brings together 186 parliaments – we champion for data representation. We champion for the reduction of the divide between the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere in terms of data representation. We are keen to ensure that Africa does not fail to gain from the fourth industrial revolution. Thus what Hon. Saney told us is important and it is critical. He did ask whether Konza Authority, Information, Communication and Technology Authority (ICTA) and the Communications Authority are not duplicating the same role. The answer is simple, no. The Communications Authority is a regulator, while the ICTA is an implementing authority. So, the roles of those entities are very well defined and they sit well in a sector that is able to produce enough Appropriation-in-Aid (A-in-A) to run all the bodies that we are talking about. As we speak today, ICTA is asking our Committee to increase the bar for them, for their A-in-A. They are able to generate more than what the National Treasury is giving them as a ceiling. Hon. Kaguchia has closed this debate. You shall give me the latitude to donate my final minute to a Member who is here with us, Hon. Bernard Kitur, and that shall be with the discretion of the Chair. Hon. Kaguchia brought to the attention of the House the fact that coding is an important and integral part of our syllabus today. Some of the courses that we are offering to our learners might be obsolete by the time they graduate."
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