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"content": "in real time. So, if it is accounting or budgeting, it is all done in real time and everybody reads from the same figures and understands them in the same way. Madam Temporary Speaker, of course, it will be very critical to have common standards, rules and procedure for operating such Information Technology (IT) systems. It would be very critical to ensure that they are enhanced to the best capacity. We have challenges that have been mentioned, especially institutional challenges. There needs to be a clear objective for those organizations to know what they want to use the Information Communication Technology (ICT) for. There also has to be clear project designs, specifically where ICT will be applied to enhance those designs at the end of the day. The people coming up with those designs should know what it is that they are doing. They should be able, in the long-term, to have clear objectives for those designs, which they can then articulate and put in the system effectively, to ensure that the system works well for the goals that are required for that. Madam Temporary Speaker, of course, training has already been mentioned. This will really open up the space for training, especially of the youth who, as was earlier mentioned, are a step ahead of us, the older generation. So, with the right capacity building for them, levels of education and outlook for technology, which has already begun in primary schools and indeed, been mentioned, it needs to be extended, so that we are not just focusing on the laptop project for only specific people. We should really begin to open up the space, so that any young Kenyan, at the press of a button, will know how to use ICT and effectively communicate and contribute to the development of this country. Madam Temporary Speaker, therefore, one of the things that we will need is a real commitment. The implementation of this Motion will have financial implications and so, we need to have a real commitment and understanding of the necessity of such technology and its implementation. We need to have the appropriate levels of readiness, and that is what we are preparing. We also need to have clear project designs and the financial resources that are put aside for that. We also need to have a very clear legal framework under which such systems will operate, so that there is no way there will be a disagreement between the various sectors. Madam Temporary Speaker, last but not least, we need to find out and make sure that there are clear acquisition systems for the technology that is going to be put into place. I think that one of the beauties of such systems is that it will make it possible for quick decision making to be done at the various levels. The level of networking between counties also will enhance, in the age of devolution, time within which counties are able to share information quickly and gauge where they are meant to be. We have just come from county visits in the ad hoc Committee on Agriculture, Land and Natural Resources. We had a chance to visit Machakos, Kajiado and Narok. For example, we were impressed in Machakos County by the level of ICT that they have used and projection in terms of what they want to attain as a county. Even as we went to the other counties, we thought that this is a model that can actually be shared across the counties. This is because in the Inter-governmental Act one of the important things is also that counties are able to advise and help each other reach the levels of development that they have already attained. So, I think that, that was one example of integration of information and technology within the planning of the county that came through as 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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