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    "content": "When we introduced a system where there was no contact, instead one was to take the money to the bank and come back with a certified receipt from the bank; we certainly got some money in Nyeri County. In fact, when the parking payments were changed to be done electronically, the parking meter attendants voluntarily quit and went to keep cows. That is because it was more profitable for them to keep a cow than to manage parking meters where they would only get a salary of Ksh 7,000 and nothing else. When there were parking meters and individuals would pay by cash, people would carry fake receipts. They would go to a printer in River Road and print receipts clearly written Nyeri County Government. They would charge people and keep the money while the county thought that there was work going on yet there was nothing going on. If we want to introduce discipline in our counties, that discipline must be backed and supported by technology. That is the direction most countries in the world have moved to. It is also the reason for the efficiency that is being seen in the national Government institutions such as the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). When you go to collect the certificate of good conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), they email it to you. I was pleasantly surprised. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Mr. Ndegwa Muhoro and his team are doing a fantastic job. I went to see a man called Mr. Ali and within minutes, he had taken my fingerprints. Within an hour, he had posted my clearance certificate to my computer. That is fantastic. We should appreciate some of the things that are happening quickly because of the use of technology. Madam Temporary Speaker, as we go on the recess, let us make sure that one of the issue that we raise with our county governments is how much money they will allocate to technology. Once we are done with the Division of Revenue Bill, which is soon because we have finished with the Allocation of Revenue Bill, how much money will they put into technology? I propose that they should allocate at least five per cent of the money into technology because it cuts across all the activities that are going on. If we were to create e-procurement as it has been proposed elsewhere, it will cure a lot of the issues that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has been raising in this House. The way I envision it, is that when a company takes its proposal, it should simply be numbered and should not be known to those processing that procurement. The companies can easily be named “a”, “b” or “c” so that the people who are processing the tender do not know what that company’s name actually is. That way, it will be very difficult for me to go to the Senator for Kakamega County and tell him to help my company with its registered name because the people who will be accessing the procurement documents will not know what company that is. All this can be done through technology. Madam Temporary Speaker, e-procurement will cure some of these ills. I am aware that many people will hate that system because they know that once we create that anonymity of whatever organization we are accessing, and that they are assessed purely on merit of what they have offered, financial data and technical data. That is the only way to cure a lot of the small things that go on underneath where people meet at night to process fake tenders. 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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