{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=157037","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=157035","results":[{"id":1588552,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1588552/?format=json","text_counter":309,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Turkana North, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Paul Nabuin","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion by Hon. Marianne. Whereas we celebrate AI, it comes with serious challenges, especially with the young people in this country. If it will not be regulated, it will spoil our generations and create very serious issues in this country. We have so many experiences. This Motion intends to allow the ministry concerned to formulate a regulatory framework that will guide use of AI, and also create public awareness in our communities. It has come at a good time. We also need to have infrastructure that will regulate the information that goes to the public. We also need to benchmark with many other countries, especially in the West, that have had AI for a long time. As we celebrate the benefits of AI, we should use it well. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Motion."},{"id":1588553,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1588553/?format=json","text_counter":310,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Is the Member for Samburu West in the House? Is the Member for Samburu East in the House? Any other Member who intends to contribute? Hon. Saney, Member for Wajir North, proceed. The microphone is there. What did you do to the microphone? It was on. Use another one. You can use the one right in front of you."},{"id":1588554,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1588554/?format=json","text_counter":311,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Ibrahim Saney","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Wajir North, UDA"},{"id":1588555,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1588555/?format=json","text_counter":312,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"):"},{"id":1588556,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1588556/?format=json","text_counter":313,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a new thing. We are in a time when everything has to go digital. I was brought up at a time when things were analogue. We must appreciate the changing times and trends. I know its importance is immense in terms of decision-making, automating tasks, analysing vast data that we cannot handle mechanically, improving efficiency and bringing out the best in customer experience. We cannot enumerate the importance of AI. However, we are moving into a time when we are nearly phasing out the human species. We are becoming robots. We will lose our uniqueness and originality—that which makes us different from all other creatures. We are endowed with natural intellect. If everything becomes available at our fingertips, we will lose that innate endowment and intelligence. Inasmuch as we accommodate AI, it must be done with caution. Even the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) is facing serious challenges in terms of uniqueness. Grades A and B's that used to be rare during our time have become common yet students cannot justify those grades. That is sufficient to realise that we are trying to copy-paste. You pose a question to AI on any gadget and it gives you a raft of answers and copy-paste. That is the kind of generation we are looking forward to. If it is good, then it is good for the military at best, like in what is happening between Israel and Iran, but not for a normal life. As much as I am reluctantly accepting this, because it is good, we will diminish as human beings. It is like another Genetically Modified Organism of a human being, not a natural thing. So, I reluctantly accept. Let us accommodate it, but with a lot of caution. I support. Thank you."},{"id":1588557,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1588557/?format=json","text_counter":314,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" There being no Members willing to weigh in on this, I call upon the mover to reply. Hon. Marianne Kitany."},{"id":1588558,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1588558/?format=json","text_counter":315,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Marianne Kitany","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Aldai, UDA)"},{"id":1588559,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1588559/?format=json","text_counter":316,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":":"},{"id":1588560,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1588560/?format=json","text_counter":317,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank all my colleagues who have contributed to this particular Motion on the regulatory framework to govern the AI sector. As I mentioned when I was moving the Motion, in 2022 Kenya was ranked the 5th in Africa and 90th globally in readiness to adopt AI. In 2025, I believe we have moved a few The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."},{"id":1588561,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1588561/?format=json","text_counter":318,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"notches higher, both in Africa and in the world. Without regulation and a framework within which we can ensure that any use and readiness of AI is adopted, it becomes dangerous especially in the age and era where we are dealing with fake news, economic inequalities, displacements and misinformation that have become the norm. In the same year, the Oxford Insights survey pegged Kenya’s readiness for AI at 40.3 per cent. If the index were done today, we could be far above 60 per cent. Therefore, this regulation could not have come at a better time. Kenyans and the world at large should appreciate and take advantage of AI. When computers first came into use, between 1956 and 1980, many people used to see big machines called mainframes. Today, the computer is a very tiny thing and we cannot survive without it. AI is quickly taking shape and root in many of our activities. We travel a lot. A quick example of where AI is properly used is at airports. When moving from one terminal to another, you use driverless trains. That is AI at play. And we trust the train to take us safely to the other terminal without wondering how it is moving without a driver. This is the case with other technologies. In medicine today, you do not have to travel long distances to get good medical attention. Within the comfort of your home or country, you can access the best doctors and best medical services through AI. I cannot mention all sectors; every sector of our economy and lives is now being taken over by AI. As a country, we cannot be left behind. We cannot shut ourselves out of AI. We must live with it and move with the society. For AI not to be misused, formulation of this framework or regulation is very important. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to reply. Thank you."}]}