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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, aware that, Article 11(2)(b) of the Constitution provides that the Government shall recognise the role of science and indigenous technologies in the development of the nation; further aware that the Vision 2030 provides for the integration of information, communication and technology in the country’s transformative agenda; concerned that, there exists no science museum for consolidating indigenous scientific and technological innovations, training and research purposes in the East Africa Region; appreciating that, integration of science and technology would greatly enhance Kenya’s economic and societal success; noting that there is potential for growth in the technology sector by establishing a science museum; further noting that, the informal science education plays a key role in the progression of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM); acknowledging that science museums operate as the nexus between science practitioners, policy-makers and the public; cognisant of the fact that, a science museum in the country would greatly impact on the economy of the country in the quest to become an industrialised nation; now therefore, this House resolves that, the national Government, through the relevant Ministries establishes and operationalises a science museum in the country. I am standing on the Floor of this House in the year 2024, and asking the House to agree with me that we should urge the Government to establish a science museum in Kenya. This will not only be the first science museum in East Africa, but the first and the only one in Africa. A science museum becomes something important for a nation like us, that has espoused in its guiding documents, starting with the Vision 2030 that says that we endeavour to be a knowledge-based economy. It is also this country that has developed the Kenya Digital Superhighway Project, an aspiration of Kenyans to be connected to the technology of today. When we talk of the technology of today, we are talking at a time when there is the onset of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as the era that would be driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI). We are seeing technologies like Blockchain Technology and Internet of Things (IoT). All those advancements in technology are telling us that we are in a new era. However, even in this new era, we ought to speak as Kenyans and Africans and ask ourselves whether, if this is the fourth industrial revolution, where was Kenya in the third, second and first industrial revolution? Where was Africa when the world was moving into steam energy and mechanising operations? Where was Africa when the world adopted electricity as a way and mode of driving their technology? Where was Africa when we were moving into microchips in what was called the dot.com era or the third industrial revolution? I dare say that Africa slept through all those previous three revolutions. The question begs: Are we the generation of Parliamentarians that will superintend over Africa sleeping through the fourth industrial revolution? Today, the world is advancing using what I would call the Western model of development, which is informed mostly by the advancements that have been introduced to the world by the British Empire, when they were able to conquer the world 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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