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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what Dr. Otichilo has done today is to dare this nation to look beyond the horizon and invest in that very vital area that will develop this country in future. The first thing we will naturally say is that, that is an area for the First World. We are a Third World country that can neither have the capacity nor the resources to enter into space race. But when you look at what is required to launch a mini-satellite, you will realize that with less than Kshs1 billion, this country can be able to join the rest of the world in launching a satellite in space. When you look at the benefits that would come with that satellite, you will realize that, as Dr. Otichilo has ably demonstrated, it is something that would benefit all sectors of our society; from health due to the development of tele-medicine to agriculture because of the monitoring of our environmental situation. It will enable us to develop agriculture to be food secure. It will help in education through communication. We will be able to develop further our universities where, as we live in the digital world, we do not have to be with all the students in our crowded universities and hostels. Through the development of ICT, we can be able to have many students who will be able to undertake correspondence courses through the expanded technology. They do not all have to crowd in the University of Nairobi or Kenyatta University. But, through technology, we can have many students accessing education without necessarily having to move physically into our crowded universities. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the area of security, this country today is suffering because of the threat of piracy in the Gulf of Aden. We hear of tourists being kidnapped in Lamu. It is a blow to our economy, especially seeing what tourism has been"
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