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    "id": 397823,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to at least put on record what I know about Sen. Mutahi Kagwe because we served in the same government. I know as a fact that through his initiative, we started talking about fibre optic. When we began talking about it in the Cabinet, at that time, I was analogue, but from then I tried to be digital because he was speaking above my head but we are now more or less at par. It was his idea to connect Kenya to the world. As at that time, we were not connected to the world. We had to go through other systems before connecting to the United States of America (USA) or elsewhere. Through the initiative of The East African Marine Systems (TEAMS) and through his initiative and drive; where he talked to governments in East Africa, we managed to bring the cable in Mombasa in 2008. That is what we call the under-sea cable. We are now talking about terrestrial cables which will now connect from that cable through Kenya to the other countries in East Africa such as Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda and Burundi. Whereas these other countries like Rwanda and Ethiopia have more of these cables under the ground, they have now gone ahead of us but they still have to use us to connect to the rest of the world. When you talk about connecting to the world, the advantage is that no country can develop in the world today, in the global village we have today, without the use of communication which we are talking about. Madam Temporary Speaker, leaving the world aside and coming to Kenya, this is what this Motion is all about. I want to thank him for the very well thought out Motion about the Fibre Optic National Network to link the county headquarters to relevant national institutions such as the Senate and the national Treasury. As you know, we now have a devolved system of government. Under our Constitution, the two governments will proceed on the basis of consultation, co-operation and consensus agreement. We cannot undertake all these things without proper communication at all levels. When you go round the counties, as the Committees did during the recess, through various committees, you will find a counterpart committee at the county level. We were all anxious to develop some relationship between our committee and that 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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