{"id":38129,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/38129/?format=json","text_counter":343,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Muriithi","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Industrialization","speaker":{"id":91,"legal_name":"Ndiritu Muriithi","slug":"ndiritu-muriithi"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this – in light of the debate that has been going on – needs to be clarified because this country has committed itself as many other countries around the globe to going towards digital transmission. What it requires is to build a digital network which is akin to a road network. You build a road and all the road users; all the vehicles and so on follow that route. If this is not well understood, the goings on of the last two days can create a lot of confusion. A couple of years ago, this House, for example, approved the concessioning of a toll road so that the Southern Bypass would be built, maintained and operated by a private company. However, they would build the road to certain specifications and operate it in a manner that was agreed to in the concession. What goes with digital migration is exactly like that. The Government was looking for private companies to build a digital network so that signals – just the same way vehicles use a toll road--- The same way private operators have build the fibre optic cable networks and data passes through those networks for a fee is really what is going on. Therefore, there is no reason to be terribly afraid whether it is Nderitu; Mr. Wong or Eng. Gumbo who built the network. What is important is that the network is built, just like in a toll road, but the network is built within the specifications that are required and that it is able to deliver the service that it is able to deliver."}