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    "id": 487035,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/487035/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon (Eng.) Rege",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Kwanya Rege",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support the Motion. This a project I personally started in 2005, when I was the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) but due to lack of funds, it was not possible for us to implement it. At that time, we just wanted to do a small portion on Standard Street and have the monitoring system at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC). Even with that small project, we were not able to have it go on. Since 2005 a lot has happened technologically. Therefore, the systems have become much more affordable. I would not understand anybody standing up to put an objection to this project. During the Tenth Parliament, I was the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Energy, Transport, Public Works and Communication. When I and my colleagues visited the airport, we found out that our airspace was not safe because of court cases. During that time, our airspace was really in danger but we could not talk about it without our tourism sector. So, we let it go. We are now starting this project and lots of positions are coming on. I believe that most of the people who objected to this project now do understand. It is our duty to also shed more light into this project. Hon. Speaker, I will not get into the issues of procurement because it is known that it is possible to do procurement of this kind. We did it with the Ministry of Energy and there was no problem. Looking at the intricacies of procurement procedures, there is nothing to talk about. Safaricom, which has been identified to implement the project, is technologically strong both locally and overseas. More so, Safaricom has all of their servers based in Kenya for purposes of delivering services to Kenyans. I say this simply because today a war among nations will no longer be kinetic war involving guns and ballistic missiles. It will be based on intelligence, ICT and IT surveillance networks."
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