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    "id": 381873,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, first, let me begin by congratulating Sen. Kagwe for a very spirited and clear Statement. It makes me proud, having been his teacher. Having said so, there are a few issues that I would like Sen. Kagwe to clarify. As he says, I believe very strongly that we should leap into the future and catapult our nation to a second world nation. Indeed, this is the spirit of Vision 2030 for which I was partly responsible. Having said so, there are a few things that we, as hon. Senators, need to get clear. We know that we have had a problem in the successive governments with the issue of procurement. Good ideas come and vultures hijack them and make nonsense of them, especially where big monies are involved. In this regard, big monies are involved. We want to make sure that these monies are put to the use which they are intended. I want to be clear on the issue of the Kshs15 billion energy connectivity. It would be important for us to get the facts and figures as to which counties are not yet connected and where these monies have been used. We also need to know whether it is energy connectivity to electrical or solar power. I am sure there are certain thesis regarding these tablets where solar power will be more efficient and cost effective. Secondly, since we are in devolved system kind of government, the implementation of this project should not to be over centralized. When you over centralize that is when the vultures of procurement come in. Nonetheless, given the fact that counties may not have developed at this point in time, the capability and capacity to handle this project---- I was wondering whether it would not be a good strategy for the Government to pilot the project in certain areas and have the ocular proof that it is working without rolling it out massively in the country and then finding out whether there are bottlenecks all over the place, thereby, discrediting the project. 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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