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    "id": 975581,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Kisang",
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Budget and Appropriations spoke for over one hour. So, I do not know why he wants to curtail others. He should have saved time. Winding up, I would like to talk about our smart city, Konza. The Government wants to connect all our special economic zones and Konza City with fibre optic, so that as soon as the special economic zones are ready, when the private sector and Government investors come in, the internet will be ready and the investors will not say that there is no connectivity in Konza City. Basically, we are connecting the National Data Centre (NDC) that is now going on at Konza City that will house all the back-up data for the country. In the last Parliament, there was a partnership between the Ministry of ICT and the NG- CDF in construction of Constituency Innovation Hubs (CIHs). I have realised that there are many Members of Parliament who have not taken this up. These CIHs will help our youths because they will go to the centres for online jobs under the Ajira Programme. I am pleading with the Members to put resources in their CIHs in the FY 2020/2021 because the Ministry, in conjunction with MasterCard, is going to employ a centre manager and a trainer of trainers. Basically, you will have two youths being employed in each centre. Please, let us allocate only Kshs1.16 million for each CIH. Hon. Speaker, I support the Report."
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