{"id":85883,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/85883/?format=json","text_counter":84,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"asked the Minister for Information and Communications:- (a) whether he is aware that the campaign by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Board to put up more female digital content developers under Government funding has failed with only 8 percent of the applicants being women; (b) whether he could explain the reports of preliminary data from the submissions received from the first round of the 3 million grant from the ICT Board of Kenya which reveals that applications from male digital content developers stood at 1,217 while female digital content developers constituted only 159; and, (c) if he could explain how the Government plans to increase the number of women who participate in the grant and how far-flung regions like Migori Constituency will benefit from the program."}