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    "content": "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 through them and yet they have not been connected, when it was actually cheaper to do this when the system was passing through. We, therefore, want to urge the Government or the agency that is carrying out this project, to do it in a manner that ensures some counties are not bypassed. The cables should be connected to them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also wish to urge the counties, that where the cable has reached within their limits, they should participate in the last mile which is the laying of the cables. This is the last few metres to their offices. This includes the laying of the cables within the offices of the counties to participate at no extra cost for the company that is doing the cabling, but at the cost of the counties because of the very enormous and significant benefits that will accrue as a result of their intimate participation. I hope that every county will fully participate in this exercise because the significance and the importance of this cable is enormous. I would also be urging that this government has a foresight in factors that will affect the distribution of these cables. One of them is the space in which these cables will be laid. We, therefore, want to recommend that the laws governing the designs of roads in this country be modified in such a way that sufficient space is allowed for this cable to be laid. At the moment, we know that there is a three metre leeway for the laying down of the other services to be delivered like electricity, water and telephone cables. We also know that the cables for fibre optic are buried underground. Therefore, we would require a bit more space than the one we have at the moment. I would urge that the laws governing the construction of the road be amended in such a manner that it will provide for space in which these cables can be laid down in an orderly manner. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as suggested by the Mover of the Motion, this space that is required is very significant. Some planning should be done in order for this cabling to be done in an orderly manner so that not every contractor must dig their own line on the ground. This can be coordinated, for example, by having a culvert or a drain in which all these cables can pass through without destroying the structures that have already been laid. 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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