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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, first, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Secondly, I want to thank the Chairman of my Committee for moving this very important Motion. The Motion, as it reads, urges the county government--- I think this Motion really would be saying, “Instructs the county governments,” but we are very gentle and we want to use protocol. So, we want to urge; otherwise, it is our prime responsibility to actually carry forward what is requested in this Motion. First of all, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want us to ask ourselves whether we recognize the shortcomings that already exist within the operations of county governments. One of them, of course, is the education level of the Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs). It has been admitted and mentioned here that some county assemblies, at some point, suggested and actually asked if they could debate their Motions in their mother tongues. That, of course, tells us something about the levels of education that some MCAs – not all of them – have. I also get concerned with the fact that even though we might be educated, we could be educated in our fields, but I do not know whether we are all educated in the handling and usage of computers and its software. So, education is one of the shortcomings that we must know already exists among our MCAs and, therefore, the capacity to use the technology that is there is limited. Secondly, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we also have to recognize the shortcoming of time. There is a very short time between the knowing of how to use these materials and the expectations of the people for us to deliver services. So, there is a short period of time and, therefore, we must positively react to this situation and improve on it. There are also the types of services we are expected to deliver to the public. A lot of information, including application for jobs is online and thus requires some knowledge on this technology. Therefore, it is very important that those who participate most in public affairs, like the MCAs, are well versed in the usage and availability of these equipment. So, it is very important that we realize the shortcomings that already exist so that we can support this type of Motion, which goes to resolve some of these problems. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are very fortunate here in the Senate or in the National Assembly because we have the support of the Parliamentary Service Commission. A similar body does not exist within the counties and the provision of some of these services is done by the governors or the county assemblies. Of course, this being The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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