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    "id": 699493,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lesan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Rottich Lesan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to second the adoption of this Report which has been ably moved by the Chairperson of the Committee on Information and Technology. I want to thank the Committee for the seriousness with which they have approached this work. I would like to take this chance, having been a Member of this Committee before I moved to another Committee, to thank the Chairperson of the Committee who has a vast of experience in matters of ICT, having been the former Information Minister. He has been selfless in giving all the information and the expertise he has gained over the years to this Senate Committee for it to perform. This Committee is, indeed, performing and that can be seen from the reports that they present to this House. I also want to compliment the various counties in this country which have, in the very first instance, taken it upon themselves to accept that ICT is useful and have gone ahead to embrace and use it. As a Member of this Committee, I was one of those who visited various counties. I was impressed with what Uasin Gishu, Nakuru, Nyeri and Kericho counties have done in terms of ICT. They have used ICT to the maximum benefit for the people of their counties. The counties that have embraced ICT were keen on recruiting the right personnel to man the equipment for maximum benefit and they also purchased the best available equipment. These were counties that faced challenge in revenue collection. They immediately recognized that ICT was one of the things that they could use to increase their revenue.The Committee reports that these counties that embraced ICT have demonstrated tremendous increase in their revenue collection as a result of embracing ICT. We want to 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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