Hon. William Kipkemoi Kisang

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• 5 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: regard, electronic records are expected to play an increasingly significant role in commercial practice. Hon. Speaker, electronic signatures are not accepted even now in some quarters, but as soon as we pass this law, electronic signatures and documents are going to be legal. This will help to fast-track business. As earlier indicated, Kenya currently is number 56 in the ease of doing business. We were number 136 and we have come to number 56. As soon as we pass this Bill and it is assented to law, there is a chance that Kenya is likely to be number one in ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Reports of the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation on: (i) The 2019 Shenzhen Smart City Forum with International Friendship Cities held in the Republic of China from 14th to 15th May 2019. 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. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: (ii) The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Regional Week on Emerging Technologies for the Sustainable Development and Digital Transformation from 26th to 30th August 2019 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (iii) The Sixth Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2019 held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 23rd to 26th September, 2019. (iv) The Internet Governance Forum (IGF), 2019 held in Berlin, Germany, from 25th to 29th November, 2019. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. From the outset, I support the Budget Policy Statement Report by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. As the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation, we presented our report to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, which is very clear. When the Estimates come in April, we want a very close relationship between the BPS and the Estimates. I remember in this year’s Budget, there was no connection between the BPS and the Estimates. As we presented to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, there are some reallocations ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: calculated at 10 per cent. I hope the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is listening and he will follow up with the Treasury. There is also the issue of pending bills. There are many businesses that have closed in the last two or three years. There are people who even passed away because their businesses closed or their houses were sold because of pending bills. Many people, especially the youth, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and women have done work with the counties and the national Government because of the 30 per cent rule on procurement, but most of ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Generally, the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT), has done well since June last year. They had a total of Kshs255 million pending bills. As at December last year, following the instructions from the President, they paid some and are now remaining with about Kshs71 million, which we believe they will have cleared by the end of this financial year. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: The ICT Department has a programme that has been funded over years that we call the National Fibre Optic, which basically avails internet to all our constituencies, especially to sub- county headquarters and sub-county hospitals. I want to report that in this BPS, the policy is in place and they are putting in more resources, so that all our sub-county headquarters and sub- county hospitals are connected under the Big Four Agenda. At least, our doctors can share medical records across the country. If we have specialists in Nairobi, they can share records with medical doctors in Iten, Mombasa and ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: 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. ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, by the end of the Third Session, the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation received five Questions from five Members. All the five Questions were answered. I thank the Members for appearing before the Committee. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Question No.381/2019 regarding regulation of Fuliza Service that came before the Committee on 10 September 2019 by Hon. Joyce Korir, MP was partially answered. The Ministry responded and advised the Committee to engage the Governor of Central Bank to respond to issues raised by the Hon. Member. This is basically with regard to regulations on the financial aspects of Fuliza. In the last Session, we wrote to the Governor of the Central Bank. He came to the Committee and we have been told that thereis engagement between the Ministry of ICT and the Finance and Central Bank to do a ... view