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    "id": 866714,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/866714/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": "This is a very important Motion. I ask my colleagues to support and adopt it. Kenya is rated as the fourth fastest growing digital economy after countries like China, Malaysia and Bolivia. This is a very interesting development which the country should maximise on. This rating is largely propelled by the progress we have made as a country in mobile money transfer service popularly known as M-Pesa which has span multiple homegrown digital innovations. Kenya is now rated as one of the most tech savvy populations in the continent because of the progress we have made with M-Pesa This innovation is now global. We were told the other day that M-Pesa has now become global. This is a development that if harnessed the country will do even better. But there are challenges with this innovation. There are challenges of digital inclusion. We still have a large percentage of our population with no access to internet services. It is becoming a norm that there are three essential utilities in the world: water, electricity and now ICT. It is a global requirement under the Universal Access Obligations, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and SDG goals: ICT should be available to everyone. Because of this, it is important to work out programmes to ensure that ICT, especially internet service, is available to as many people as possible. In our development goals, we have identified ICT as one of the key drivers. In the Big Four Agenda, ICT is central to it. In the Vision 2030, ICT is central. We can only realise the benefits that come with ICT if we invest adequately in broadband access and services across country. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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