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It is important that in our Constitution, provision is made for intelectual properties protection; or are we going to have an open
innovation to compentition, so that we can have others copy what you have been trying to put together at your selling point. It
is possible that the government, will be able to define comparative advantage, in the nature-now this is response to globalization.
Comparative advantage combination, distribute the information to the population that makes it the good for the people. There
are examples that we can talk about here. We can talk about Thailand whereby they made DHA drug, this quoting from the
Development Report of 2001, by UNDP. It has been used protect the resistance of Malaria to Quinin Drug. Moreover, we
have in Cuba, whereby Meningitis vaccine which was a amended in late in the 1980’s, through through public funded research,
we have heard Meningitis vaccine that local industry has been able to invest in. And now even multinationals such as Glaxo
SmithKline Beecham, are looking forward to getting such kind of an item. Whereby we have home grown ideas that can be
used to leap frog and have development of the people.
I can see our Commissioners here, and the kind of materials they are using, I don’t know where we have left technology, apart
from maybe the PA system. I think the Internet should not be a million shilling enterprise in this country. Some people say it
should be something that people can have visas all over; and people can be able to afford the Internet cheaply. Because it is
wireless, instead of this infrastructure whereby we have copper wires, that are poor in delivery. We can’t talk about the
ambitious fibre optic, because suddenly that is expensive and I don’t think it is cost effective as far as technology, is concerned.
In having distribution of the Internet, we will be able to encourage growth of the economy through technology, instead what the
internet is whereby it is a tool of writing mail, browsing upon and other funny kind of things.
Finally, I would wish to talk about our education system.
Interjection -Com. Kabira. Do you want a little more time?
Mwangi Ngamate: Yes a little more time, if you want me to.
Interjection -Com. Kabira. It is okey go ahead.
Mwangi Ngamate: I am talking about our Education System. I think the Constitution should be made in a particular way that
it is always going to challenge the education system, in a manner that it can generate feedback, and really tell whether we need
the education system or not. The current Constitution does not. So that if at all we can know all the requirements that we have
for example, technical, we need more technical matters as opposed to social sciences. If at all our Constitution can be able to
dictate, that that is the requirement of our education system, then I think we can be at a better position; and think or do away
with, other ambitious projects such as the 8-4-4; which of the 17 years that it has been in existence has proven to have added
nothing to the economy, apart from making people, invest only in education that has no returns instead of people having some
money that they could invest elsewhere as parents; instead of just paying fees, fees, fees, fees every day. Thank you, unless
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