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    "id": 390958,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lesan",
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Rottich Lesan",
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    "content": "internationally. There is every good reason to support the laying of the ICT cable throughout the country. There are three reasons. First, in this country, we are at a time where accountability is a factor that we should not ignore. We would be expecting that the counties that we are setting up which are serving the country to be accountable for their actions in time. Therefore, the availability of a system in which information can move faster will go a long way in supporting accountability throughout the country, particularly in the counties. There is the question of performance where the country and all of us wish to continue to reduce the cost of offering services by performing efficiently. Therefore, the presence of a system like the one we are proposing and recommending that it is laid down in our counties, would improve performance and, therefore, lower the cost of offering services to the country. The other advantage is public participation. At the moment, there is a lot of concern by Kenyans to know what is happening within or around them. Therefore, the presence of a system like this disseminates and distributes information faster and accurately. This is an urgent need for this country in order to allow the public to participate in either assessing the accountability of their officers or evaluating whether their performance has been to the expected standards. Mr. Speaker, Sir, further, the presence of a system like the one we are proposing at the moment will go a long way in decongesting some of those institutions that are currently packed. In this case, I think of public lecture halls in universities that are currently full and overflowing with students. These students can participate in those lectures far from the lecture halls. Therefore, they can take these lectures in virtual form. They can sit anywhere in this country and follow the lectures from their campuses using a system like this. Therefore, this goes a long way in decongesting some of the lecture halls that are there in this country. It is, therefore, a system that has come at the right time. I want to urge the Government that as this system continues to be laid, it be done in an orderly system so that there are no gaps that exist within some counties. For example, the network system has been laid down in Kericho and Nyamira counties which are neighbouring Bomet County which does not have the system established and yet the cable passes through this county. I believe there are other counties where the cable runs The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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