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    "id": 85884,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/85884/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Khaniri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Information and Communications",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 171,
        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
        "slug": "george-khaniri"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I wish to clarify that the campaign referred to; the digital content development grant contest was, indeed, successful. However, it was open to all digital content developers and it was in no way gender targeted. A survey done by the Kenya ICT Board three months ago showed that ICT stakeholders are 85 per cent male and 15 per cent female. This is a reflection of the industry demographics revealing a male dominated sector. It was, therefore, expected that the participation of women in this competition would be significantly lower than that of men. (b) With this in mind, the Government will come up with programmes to encourage women to take up ICT as there are limitless opportunities for them. Secondly, figures obtained from the Kenya ICT Board grants statistics puts the total number of submissions for the grant at 2,154 applicants. Out of those, 1,062 proposals were received from firms while 1,091came from individuals. The total number of applicants that indicated their gender was 1,375. Of those, the number of completed proposals was 667. Those are the ones that will be considered for grants approval. The table below shows the gender percentage for individual applicants and the firms. In the individual category, 609 men applied which represents 92 per cent of the applicants and 56 female applied which represents 8 per cent of the applicants. On the firms, 607 applied which represents 85 per cent male and 103 which is 15 per cent female. (c) All applicants are reviewed by merit and not by gender or constituency. The grant applicants were Kenyan citizens of 18 years and above and Kenyan registered firms. The Kenya ICT board intends to engage in fora to sensitize the female to join the ICT sector, both at the education institution level and general ICT sector forums across the country. The role of the grant is not to provide free money in perpetuity but to stimulate the ICT sector by providing seed money for entrepreneurs all over Kenya to enable them to successfully take their products to the market, grow their business and contribute to the GDP. Thank you."
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