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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chelule",
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        "legal_name": "Liza Chelule",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to contribute on this Report. First, I thank the Chairman of the Committee on Information and Technology. He has articulated important issues about information to the citizens of this country both at the national Government and the county assembly. My colleague Senators have talked about collection and expenditure of resources. I wonder why people in the counties do not know what is happening in their counties. The managers of the counties do not want to embrace ICT. It is unfortunate. If a county does not want to embrace technology, it means there is something fishy going on in that county. We would like the people of this country to know what is happening in their counties and the national Government. The Chairperson of this Committee mentioned civic education. I am not talking about civic education on the Constitution only but civic education on various things that are happening in our country. For instance, resources that the Government has planned to devolve to the counties to assist orphans, old people, women and youth. In most cases, many people do not know about these funds. They do not know how they can access these funds. They lack information because they are not connected to ICT. Fifteen years ago, we used to queue at the telephone booth to make calls. People could take more than one hour, queuing to make a call. A Chief Executive Officer (CEO) could write a letter, hand it to a typist or secretary for typing who then took it back to the boss to sign and then make a day to take it to the post office and wait for another four days for any kind of reply. There is no way we can avoid technology. Neither can we say that counties should not use technology. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me talk about a resource center in each sub- county. If today all the 47 counties were connected with ICT, I wonder if sub-counties would know what is going on if they are not also connected to a server. So, it is my request and maybe advice to this same Committee that as much as we are talking about counties, we also need to talk about sub-counties. This is because it is the only centre where people can receive information very easily. So, it is my request that we should embrace technology and do a budget for the same because it cannot work without a 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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