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    "id": 1556423,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1556423/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. William Kabogo",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communication and Digital Economy",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, there was a question on Bungoma, on what we are doing to ensure there is connectivity. The plan for the rest of Kenya is to lay fibre. We have issues on efficiency of the Information, Communication and Technology Authority of Kenya (ICTA) and Kenya Power. I have them in my office almost every other week trying to push on this issue of Last Mile Connectivity. We hope that we should be able to pull up our socks to deliver on this very noble and important mandate. Sen. Wamatinga asked about connecting Jitume Hubs. Yes, we are on top of it. We are connecting all Jitume Hubs and one in every constituency. More so, those are centers of excellence. We also plan to do 1,450 digital hubs, one in every Ward. That is happening in collaboration also with Members of Parliament, who amended the law to allow them to use the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG- CDF) to construct and for us to provide the link. This will be done with Government Wi- Fi, which will not be paid for by the Jitume Hubs. We are on top of it. Regarding Government policy on expanding mobile connectivity in northern Kenya, we are working with security agencies and mobile network operators to deploy. Our plan to improve connectivity in Wajir and Mandera is that we have concentrated in this region and such areas. As I said earlier, we shall provide details of what has been done so far and what we intend to do before the end of this financial year. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think it was the last question on network coverage in West Pokot and Uganda, and why Uganda seems to be stronger. It may happen that Uganda may be stronger, but we have places where you pick either Kenyan or Uganda signal. We plan to make sure we have good connectivity in the entire republic, and not limited only to border towns. As I have said, some of the supplementary questions may not have been properly addressed. We shall seek your indulgence to get us a copy of the HANSARD through the Clerk, so that we answer these questions substantively to the satisfaction of the House. I submit."
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