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    "content": "county committee for the purposes of implementing the Constitution. We shall not be able to do that without this being done. Last week, we went with the Committee chaired by Sen. (Dr.) Zani and we could see that in order for us to have an ongoing dialogue and communication with them, exchange of information, the type of legislation that will be done at the national level and at the local level, connectivity of the fibre optic is necessary. Those who are in Machakos County can be coming here. What about those from Busia, my county, or those from the Coast? The time wasted to travel would be immense. This will be of benefit. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you look at the Constitution, you will see that the two levels of government, in nearly all the fields, must work together. Even in the functions that are retained for the national Government, you will find that the county government has a role to play. Therefore, there is need for proper interaction not only at the national Treasury level but in all Ministries of Government between the national Government and the county Government. They must cooperate with the national Government in setting out policies and the county Government being the actual implementer specifically on the ground with regard to some of the policies. Therefore, that communication is very important. One can talk about many other things. However, I see this as a Motion which is long overdue which will bring us a proper effective government at both levels. That will be better not only for the Kenyan Government but also for the East African Community (EAC). I speak here because I have been involved in the EAC community matters. I am glad that it is through Kenya that these other countries are being connected to the rest of the world. Let them not shoot ahead of us in terms of laying down the cable networks and so on. We should be ahead of them. As someone said, in developed countries, the fiber optic cable is at the village level. When I retire to my village, I want to be communicating with someone in the United States of America (USA) and not spending too much time on my computer waiting for the information to download. That can only be done if we have proper national fibre optic network which goes up to the village level. I am glad that the Jubilee Government is putting us at a digital age by ensuring that our children have laptops and so on. Let them ensure that some of the pilot projects cover areas like Busia. They should not just be in areas that are already connected. Let them come to our area and ensure that we have teachers, classrooms and electricity so that we benefit from the digital age. With those remarks, I support my colleague, Sen. Kagwe. He has been very passionate about this issue, right from the days we were together in Cabinet and he continues to be very passionate about it. Just as I provided legal services to him when he was doing this, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights is prepared and ready to work with him on matters of legislation as it was suggested by Sen. Hassan. We need to back up this issue with proper legislation so that the Government implements the Motions we pass in this House. I support."
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