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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kajwang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I saw the professor wondering why it should be me, but I would like to inform him that I was the only one on the other side. Secondly, I am humbled that this is a Motion which has been moved and seconded by professors and then the third professor wanted to speak. So, I needed to break that monotony. I am aware that ICT is a critical component of effective service delivery in all sectors of the economy and not only in medicine. I will give you a small example. I was in Chicago, in the United States of America (USA) and I wanted to call home. I bought a card which I wanted to use in my hotel room because if you use the hotel line, it becomes too expensive. I bought a card for US$10 and when I called Nairobi, I was told that I had 80 minutes to speak. I did not find the person I was calling at home. So, I called somebody else in London and I was told that I had 30 minutes to speak. That is the difference between calling Nairobi and calling London when you are in the USA. Then I did not find the person in London. So, I called New York and I was told that I had three hours to speak. Madam Temporary Speaker, Sir, therefore, ICT can solve so many problems because communication is very expensive, especially for the third world that nobody wants to deal with us. In fact, you can have all the professors in the world wanting to consult for us, but at this cost, it is not even possible. Teleconferencing, E-learning and diagnosis become too expensive because we cannot just afford them. I think that is one of the major issues that are quiet, but I think the country should celebrate the former Government for connecting Kenya to the FOC. In fact, at that time when I was trying to speak, it was cheaper to speak to South Africa than to speak to Kenya because the cable went to the Cape of Good Hope and ended there. The courage with which this country decided to connect from South Africa, irrespective of whether Mozambique or Tanzania were in or out and did it again from the Horn of Africa was something that has put us in another level that I think we should now utilize. We cannot spend so much money and even lay a cable from Mombasa to Nairobi and even lay it from Nairobi through Kisumu to Busia and not use it, because that is where we are now. If you try the telephone, it is too expensive and sometimes if you try other communication, it is so slow. The beauty with the FOC is that it is fast. It can also 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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