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    "id": 384140,
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    "speaker_name": "June 19, 2013 SENATE DEBATES 23 Sen. Ong’era",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise up to support this Motion. First, I would like to commend the Senator for Kitui County for bringing up this Motion. I am a Christian and the Bible says: “My people perish because of lack of knowledge and information”. Without mobile phones in this country in the last 10 years, Kenya would not have had the kind of quantum leaps it has had in the sector of information and communication. For the first time, the grassroots Kenyans are able to reach one another and be able to communicate with one another in terms of resource sharing. For example, they are able to use the telephone as a banking instrument, to communicate with their children who are abroad. They are able to use the telephone to transact business. I heard Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, the bull fighter say that he can actually use the telephone to do business transactions in the House. I do not know whether this is allowed. This is a very important Motion, but we need to study how it is going to be implemented. I want to propose and support what Sen. Mwakulegwa was saying that, perhaps, this Motion needs to be referred to the relevant Committee to look at how it can be properly structured and presented. Maybe in terms of legislation, do we amend the existing legislation so that we can see how these facilities can be shared? Madam Temporary Speaker, as you are aware, it is very difficult to reach many of our people in the rural areas, especially during campaign times. It is even sometimes hard for Members of Parliament to reach their campaign agents because communication continues to be a major burden. If this Motion could be structured in such a manner so that facilities could be shared--- For example, I am aware that Safaricom is not ready to share some masts with the Telkom. These are grey areas in this Motion, that perhaps, if they are well thought and structured, then we can have a proper policy in which we can be well guided. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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