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    "id": 866792,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Matayos, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Odanga",
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        "legal_name": "Geoffrey Makokha Odanga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the Motion for the provision of free secure, risk-free and high-quality services across the country. In today’s world, everything is ICT-based. Everything we do we require to embrace ICT. Without it, there is very little that can be done in today’s world. We are supposed to be global citizens; people who can communicate with everybody all over the world. Government services are online. Every Kenyan who has partnered or works for Government does almost everything online. We are required to fill forms and do everything online. Teachers, students and everybody have to go online because everything is there. We require internet services because many of our people stay in far-flung areas and they cannot access information and cannot pass information on time unless they travel long distances to towns. So, internet is a necessity. If I were to advise the Government, I would recommend internet access to be the fifth item in the Government agenda for the nation. All the things we need to do, we require to employ ICT. We cannot run Government without it. The Government went ahead and created the Ministry of ICT and I wonder what it does. The Government has research departments that can listen to people and implement what they need. Every time we need something, we do not need to come to Parliament or have Kenyans going to the streets to ask for it. This is an essential service that researchers should have advised the Government adequately to make an agenda for the country. Kenyans make online purchases and it is easier and cheaper for them. Let me not take a long time because Members have said much. I support the Motion."
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