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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. I want to start by congratulating the Committee on ICT for the wonderful work they are doing. You will realize that these county visits by this Committee are pursuant to a resolution or Motion that they brought to this House and we approved it to ensure ICT is embraced in our counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the role and the importance of ICT in this country cannot be gainsaid. It is important that Senators support this Committee in adopting this Report. If you look at the Report--- I will focus on only two sections of this Report - the findings and observations of the Committee and on the recommendations. The Committee has established in one of its findings that two years after the Senate passed a resolution on the county connectivity, some counties are yet to be connected. It is important to note that the role of the Senate is to protect counties. When we sit down in this Senate to deliberate on some of these issues, we are able to do this knowing that they are things that will help our counties and they need to look at them in order to ensure that they are able to operate in an efficient and effective manner. Therefore, it is important for the counties to take keen interest in what the Senate proposes because there is a reason the Senate has sat down and why this Committee has proposed some of the proposals that we see in this Report. ICT can be used to improve the provision of services in our counties. One of the greatest challenges that our counties continue to face is with regard to local revenue generation and collection. We know every time we have the Division of Revenue Bill in this House, counties continue to complain of lack of adequate resources. We know that through the Division of Revenue Bill, we 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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