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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this chance to add my voice in support of the good work that has been done by a Committee that I have come to admire so much. I do not say this because I am a proud Member. The work they do is testament. For the few months that I have been a Member of this House, I have had an opportunity to read through some of the reports that are generated. While they are a brilliant work that I can speak highly of, this report is excellent. I have taken time to internalize the things that are being suggested. As a Senate whose primary mandate is to support the establishment of devolution in this country, the question that keeps coming on and on during our discussions, debates and interactions as Members of this House is, what is it that we can do to make sure that devolution succeeds and the dreams of the drafters of our Constitution are realised through this great direction that we took as a country. I would like to speak to three key things but before I go to the crux of my argument, there are two things I have realised this afternoon. As I listened to arguments being made by the Chairperson of my Committee and the seconder, the Senator for Bomet, Sen. (Prof.) Lesan, I have realised that; first, I think ICT is a solution to all the challenges that our county governments are facing. Later on, I will expound on this and give a proper overview of why ICT stands as the single item with which if we decided to invest and put our time and money into it, it can help us leverage on and overcome some of the challenges that we keep on referring to as teething problems in this very onset of devolution in our country. Secondly, I think anyone who intends to run for the position of governor in the next elections will do very poorly if he or she lacks ICT skills and without an ICT master plan in their manifestoes. This is because more and more county residents have realised the importance of ICT. The county that has been mentioned as being allergic to matters of ICTdevelopment will serve as a very bad example. I am sure that one of the things that 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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