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"content": "money training these people in technical areas and then, allow them to be taken by other countries because of low salaries. We have to remunerate them well, but not just in terms of money, but also good welfare platforms. I am also of the opinion that we need to follow up, promote and sponsor innovations and innovators. For example, when I was in school, we used to have something called science congress. At one point, I won something. Maybe one of the reasons I am not a scientist, is because nobody sponsored my innovation. We have very many innovations. When I was on the Chair last week, the sponsor of this Motion tabled the book “the National Council for Science and Technology.” If you read this book, you may be surprised at the kind of innovations that are contained here. You will be wondering why we still run to the west or the east for some of these things, yet we find here that Mr. Mwangi, who has innovated something where you can actually open and close your door while you are here in your office using your phone. Somebody else has innovated a computer plough and planter; that while I am in Nairobi, I can actually be ploughing and planting my field at home. Honestly, we still cry about food insecurity; why can we not look for this young man who has innovated this wonderful system, sponsor him and then make sure that we produce enough of this system so that all of us, Senators, here can actually be ploughing and planting even as we debate, so that we do not have to transport ourselves physically a thousand miles away to go and oversee something;? It will be so easy! The innovations in this book alone are so impressive that when I read it – I took it from Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo – I wondered why we are even lagging behind as a country. We need to follow up on all innovations and innovators who have ever discovered anything, however small. The difference between us and some eastern countries is because when a child discovers something small or is found playing with an idea, he is followed up and the idea is captured, encouraged and he is supported such that he can even be taken to a special school. Then they end up producing thousands and thousands of those innovated things which they then export to our country. We need to follow up on these innovations. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also need to patent all our innovations. Kenyans are very good at discovering things, and then they allow other people to run away with them. So, all you have to do, as a nation, is just to come to Kenya as a tourist, pick one of the innovations, take it back to your country and become a multi billionaire. This is because we, Kenyans, do not follow up on our innovations; nobody will patent anything. I am now told that even our kikoi is being patented by somebody else; the ciondo is being patented by another one whereas even the name is Kenyan, but we allow other people to run away with it. Now, in future, before I carry a ciondo somewhere, I have to pay some property rights to somebody. What are we doing about our intellectual property rights? We need to patent some of these innovations that are so Kenyan so that we can make enough money. Lastly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, having said all this, it will not help if we are not going to pay our teachers and educationists well, because for teachers to nurture these kind of brains, to bring them to fruition, to make sure that they become gainful in our country, we must pay teachers well; we must take care of their welfare issues so that we have the best brains, best skills and best performers. This will also ensure that only those who are the 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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