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"content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. First of all, I want to thank my colleagues who have supported this Motion, that is, hon. Ochilo-Ayacko, hon. Capt. Nakitare, hon. Kosgey, hon. Tarus, hon. Biwott, hon. Kipchumba and hon. Sudi. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to congratulate Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the House, for embracing ICT within this Ninth Parliament, because before that, there was no ICT in this Parliament. So, I congratulate him for availing that facility and enabling this Parliament to have a website. I remember, at the beginning of this Parliament, I went to represent Parliament in an ICT conference in Thailand. At that time, the Kenya National Assembly did not have a website. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we, as hon. Members of Parliament, are responsible for giving guidelines to our constituents, regarding the way we should progress as a country. The reason why I am introducing this Motion in this House, is to allow a Bill that will be able to create a legal framework, because technology also has to be guided when it comes into being in society, otherwise, it can be abused. We know very well that even in this country, we have not been able to monitor the second-hand computers with obsolete technology, that are being dumped in Africa in form of donations to societies. So, we need to safeguard those kind of things from happening, even though we are a developing country that requires these resources. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reason why we are asking for a rural access fund is because multinationals are really making huge sums of money from the Kenyan taxpayers. Recently, Safaricom Limited made Kshs17 billion in profits; a multinational company taking most of that money away, in order to benefit its societies overseas. If we create a rural access fund and even just charge 2 per cent, the Government would be able to generate close to about Kshs340 million which may---"
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