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    "id": 699483,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion; THAT the Senate adopts the report of the Standing Committee on Information and Technology on the County Oversight and Networking Engagement (CONE) To Migori, Bomet and Narok counties, laid on the Table of the Senate on 3rd March, 2016. The Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Committee has been visiting various counties around the country to assess how much input and attention has been given to the matters of information and technology. From the oversighting engagements that we have been to all over the country, it is very clear that those counties that are investing in ICT are doing better at revenue collection among other activities than those that are not. It is also clear to the Committee that those counties that do not invest in ICT will be left behind by the counties that do. In future, the counties that will claim marginalization will have clearly marginalized themselves because they will not have invested in the future. Examples have been given to us of counties that have invested in ICT and literally, the county revenues have gone up five times. One of the counties that have really improved in revenue collection through ICT is my own county, Nyeri. We have seen marvelous investments in ICT. In Eldoret, Uasin Gishu, we have seen implementation of video conferencing by the county government. In Kisii, the county assembly is investing heavily in ICT. In Migori, where you come from, we saw advertising via ICT billboards that are bringing in revenue. The County Government of Migori charges for the advertising billboards. Rather than simply having a billboard that is sticking around some place and being used by only one company over a very long time, that county has implemented a system of advertising by use of ICT. We were very impressed by what we saw particularly by the commitment of the county government. The Governor and the County Executive Committee Member (CEC) for ICT were there to receive us. We were sure that our engagement with them would result to a higher percentage of revenue being allocated to ICT activities. We went further to Bomet County where Sen. (Prof.) Lesan comes from. At the risk of embarrassing him, it was very clear that Bomet County was just beginning to understand what ICT was. The governor was nowhere to be seen. We met a junior ICT officer who did not understand the purpose of the visit by Senate. We were not there to see the kind of computer they were using. We were there to see, observe and engage the county government on what they can do going forward to implement ICT programmes for the future. I must confess that we were quite disappointed at what we saw. In fact, the budget for Bomet County for ICT was extremely small. If that trend were to continue, then Bomet County would be left behind. In Narok, we saw an element of commitment to ICT. This county has huge potential in tourism. The Governor was there with his entire cabinet to discuss on how 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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