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    "id": 866599,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/866599/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": "in the telecommunication industry, where we will be recommending the adoption of infrastructure sharing. If that is cascaded down to the community level, it will be key. For example, we have the undersea cables which include the East African Marine System (TEAMS) and the South Africa, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, India and Europe (SEACOM) and others. As you may be aware, Kenya is one of the countries that have participated in that project and we need to have a framework in which this infrastructure will be shared with the other landlocked countries in EAC. This Protocol sits well within that scheme of things. This Protocol will also help us to harmonise the ICT policies, regulations, laws and programmes. Harmonisation is key. For example, we have loss on data protection, cyber-crimes and we need an effective programme to harmonise all these policies, laws and programmes so that they can serve a useful purpose. Most importantly, this Protocol is also going to provide a framework for coming up with quality education and training on matters of ICT. This is one of the challenges that the developing countries face. The issue of being able to produce quality personnel to manage the ICT infrastructure is important. Most importantly, this Protocol will also help us to deal with the problem of frequency and spectrum management so that it will provide frequency management and monitoring scheme. This is going to be very easy for regulatory organs such as the Communication Authority of Kenya to provide a proper framework for assignment of frequencies especially across border and radio communication where we have been having problems. It is also important that this Protocol helps in spearheading the growth of the private sector. You are aware that most of the Kenyan companies like banks have established presence in the East African countries. One of the challenges has been the issue of ICT. With a harmonized ICT framework, we are going to see a reduction in cost of operation on ICT, the reduction in tariffs and effectively helping us to bridge the digital divide. You are aware that the EAC…"
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