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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I said that I support the report as amended. I support the Report as amended. That is not a point of order. I think it was just a point of argument from my friend, hon. Oyoo. I want to say that for any development to be achieved in a country, there must be security. To achieve political stability in a country, there must be security. I do not want to repeat the remarks that my colleagues have made before me, but I just want to say that the report is very elaborate especially in the four key issues which came out strongly, which the project is going to entail. One issue that has come out very strongly is the digital radio tracking network. This is a new digital gadget which is going to be used by our police officers and it also incorporates a video in it. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the current radios that the police officers are carrying around are analogue. They have a lot of eavesdrops and even criminals listen to the police officers when they are talking. The central command that is proposed in this security surveillance provides a 365 days command and it is manned by the police themselves. We have even seen police officers switching off their radio gadgets but, with this new system, the police communication equipment can be switched on and off remotely. So, it is a new system which we need to embrace if at all we want to have security in this country. If you look at the technology which Safaricom has proposed to use, the LTA technology which incorporates the fibre optics, it is one of the best in terms of relaying The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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