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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to thank you for this opportunity, to equally join hands with our friend and colleague, Sen. Mutahi Kagwe, in this well-thought-out Motion. Madam Temporary Speaker, since the inception of most of the county governments, I do know that they have been grappling with the issue of ICT. In fact, a number of them have had an avalanche of ICT solution providers, trying to make all types of recommendations about what solutions they could have, particularly in terms of revenue collection and efficiency in their planning and accountability processes. Madam Temporary Speaker, I think that what the Senate and Sen. Mutahi Kagwe have done is to initiate the process to provide a structure and raise a legal and constitutional obligation to ensure that this programme is effected uniformly in a manner that keeps pace with great accountability. I have said it in this Senate before, that I think the evolution of the human genius, the trends in technological advancement and innovation necessitates this Senate to keep abreast with the global trends, or otherwise, we will perish as a nation. I think most of these obligations on us are no longer privileges as much as the majority of our country languishes in abject poverty. It is incumbent that we meet the desires or the expectations of technological advancement or otherwise perish. Madam Temporary Speaker, the human genius has been miraculous in its discovery and innovation. Just a few years ago, most of the trends in communication and technology were almost unimaginable. They were only a footnote of science fiction but now they have become a reality of our time. I see a lot of science fiction movies and I can tell you for a fact that there will be a day we will all be having a small thing out here in the Senate and we will not need to drive home. You will just use your little plate and fly home. I think most of these things were, first, imagined in science fiction movies but they have become the realities of our time. Therefore, I think it is incumbent upon us to keep up with these trends and shade the barbarian past where Order Papers are given in printout. I have said that this Senate should be capacitated and I hope that building will take into consideration part of this 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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