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    "id": 1583351,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie-Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "I read the Bill halfway. I will propose amendments if there are any issues that I would need to look at. So far, the main concern I have identified is the need of technological equity and inclusion of users alongside providers. Otherwise, I thank the Committee. I also thank the Parliament of Kenya. Much as we are castigated many times, we are really ahead of many counterparts even across the world. I was invited to a conference in South Africa recently. They were talking about issues related to the Bill I am sponsoring. Although our Bill is still at the Committee of the whole House stage, I discovered that we are ahead of others. People are looking up to Kenya. One lady shared with me that they attempted to draft a similar Bill in Nigeria, only to realise it was my Bill word for word. In fact, they forgot until they used terminology that was clearly Kenyan. The person who was reviewing the Bill said, “This is not Nigerian. This is Kenyan”. The systems were clearly Kenyan. I laud us as the legislative arm of Government for the excellent work we do. Similarly, we encourage the Executive arm not to fail us. Implementation must be just as effective as our legislative efforts once we put this law in place. I thank the Committee. I support the Bill."
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