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    "content": "The other issue that has been raised, telemedicine, is very important. Time has come when we can do complicated medical procedures without patients travelling overseas. India is one country that has done very well in telemedicine and that is why there are many people travelling to India. If we had those facilities here, whatever is happening to patients in India would also happen to patients within our country. I want to emphasise the use of ICT connectivity in terms of equalizing this country in education. This cannot be overemphasized. The idea of university professors teaching in many universities without travelling is good. I have said that because I have been a teacher before at the university. I am worried that we are opening very many campuses all over the country. That is good. We even passed a Motion in this Senate urging that, at least, each county should have a university campus. However, my worry is that the high level expertise required, for instance, in sensitive disciplines like medicine, engineering, among others, is not there. How many law professors do we have in Kenya? They are very few. However, you will see that we have more than ten law schools offering law degrees at different levels including PHDs. Where will they get professors to supervise students? Where will they get professors to teach? If video conferencing was available, we would only need to have one professor and connect him to all the law schools. The professor can teach law students in ten law schools, simultaneously, without leaving his location. I think this thing can really transform education. It can mitigate the risk we face as a country. As we expand education, we are likely to see the quality of education going down. Some rural campuses are hiring people who are not qualified or people who should not be teaching. They have no business in teaching. Some of them are purporting to supervise postgraduate qualifications which they do not have such qualifications themselves. I have seen cases before where Masters Degree people are in examination panels for PHD students. You cannot give what you do not have. I think ICT will help us a big deal. With regard to business, if someone in Taita Taveta or Chogoria, Tharaka-Nithi, my county, is running an agri-business, they can order for inputs and even look for markets online. They do not have to board a bus to come to Nairobi to look for a market or inputs. Inputs can be delivered to them and they can pay without leaving their stations. 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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