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    "id": 704235,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the one-and-a-half years that I have been in this Senate, that is the shortest and laziest Statement I have heard from any Committee Chairperson. With a lot of respect to the Chairperson of this Committee, a man I hold in high esteem, this is not acceptable. The nine points that I sought to inquire on in my Statement, there is nowhere I am asking for the password to the system. I am not asking for the encryption algorithm or other confidential matters. I am seeking progress update on a project that was launched by the President himself. The President took an unprecedented move in a television commercial and told Kenyans that this was the project that would solve all our security problems. How then can it be that when we seek answers on behalf of the people of Kenya, we are told that this is highly sensitive and can only be released to vetted people? When the President appeared on that commercial advert, were Kenyans vetted so that they could be deemed fit to consume the information? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I humbly request this Committee to dig further, look at the nine issues and separate those that are of national security and those that are of public interest. Article 35 of the Constitution gives us the right of access of information held by the State. Is it top secret to ask about the objectives of a project that is funded by taxpayers? Is it top secret to ask how much it will cost the taxpayers? Do Kenyans not have a right to know whether the 4G spectrum licence, which is a national asset, was valued and whether it was paid for? If it was paid for, do we not have a right to know on which date and how much was received into the Consolidated Fund? Do we not have a right to know as 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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