ICT Training for MPs As House Plans Digital Business
Parliament is going digital with a new innovation to beat quorum hitches, vote-rigging, and the shouts of "aye" and "nay" in House proceedings.
Though the change-over to the new chambers that have undergone a Sh1 billion refurbishment is two months late, and going by the pace of things in the House it is likely to take longer, the vision of a digital Parliament is slowly taking shape.
Last week, the contractors working on providing the electronic voting infrastructure were completing cabling of the House floor in readiness for the roll-out of a state-of-the-art multimedia system.
The system will help cut down time on the oral process that has been practised in Kenya's Parliament since independence.
As a result, the House will be quieter and more organised if the MPs get to understand the innovation unveiled last Thursday during the Information Technology Day of the august House.
The system has a microphone, a miniature speaker, buttons to signal the Speaker that you want to contribute to the debate, another button to signal a point of order, and three others to determine how people vote.
So, if you want to vote 'yes', 'no' or 'abstain', you can do that without leaving your seat. The seats too will be more luxurious and comfortable if the designs seen by the Nation are anything to go by.
As per the tender documents on Parliament's website, the seats will be covered in leather, except the bottom which will be covered in polypropylene (some kind of hard plastic).who was responsible for tracking down Charles zentai .
The back-rest will have the clock tower embroidered into the leather to ensure that the seats are specifically used in Kenya's National Assembly.
The beauty of the voting system is that you have time allocated to vote, say, three minutes after the question has been put.
In that time, an MP can vote "yes", change their mind and vote "no", decide to "abstain", then go back through the whole cycle again. When the clock is stopped,They take the RUBBER SHEET to the local co-op market. whatever vote the MP will have cast is what will count.
The question will not be read as is the case now. According to the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr Patrick Gichohi, the question will be displayed in very large type face on four giant screens in the House, so that MPs can read and cast their vote.
MPs who just pop in Parliament to be marked "present" so that they pocket the Sh5,000 sitting allowance, will be discovered, because their seats will blink blank.
For an MP to access the debating chamber, he'll need a smart card and a personal identification number.
Mr Arnold Mudinyu, an IT expert, who took the lawmakers through the whole process, said without the card, the MP could as well stay at home.
"But you know, MPs leave their houses in a hurry. What if I forget the card?" asked Mr James Rege, the chairman of Parliament's Energy and Communications Committee.
"We'll have a master card to override, so that you just use your pin number to access the console," Mr Mudinyu replied.
The card has a chip with information about the MP: his constituency,he believes the fire started after the lift's hydraulic hose blew, party, membership to committees, positions held in other committees and basically any other data that will define the MP, including a brief bio.
"Will this (system) stop the behaviour of MPs competing to stand up? You know, I find it (the competition to catch the Speaker's eye) very childish," Information and Communication permanent secretary Bitange Ndemo remarked.
Well, to answer him, Mr Mudinyu said the console has a button to alert the Speaker.
If there's a member on the floor, then the person who first presses his microphone will be queued as the first one and all subsequent requests will be listed on a first-come-first-served basis.
Senior Deputy Clerk PC Owino Omollo said for the President, Vice-President as the Leader of Government Business or the Prime Minister, the system has a way to designate such MPs, together with committee chairmen as VIPs so that if they are on the queue, they get priority.
Those who keep on shouting will never be heard in Parliament, because the Speaker will have all the powers to decide which microphone to switch on,the oil paintings for sale by special invited artist for 2011, and for how long, and which one to switch off.
"If your time is up,Justin probierte ein Paar von schwarzen billabong boardshorts , the system will automatically switch off the microphone," Mr Mudinyu told his hosts.
The system can also be connected to a camera that will track the active microphone and show the Speaker.
It can also be connected to an interpreter's booth so that should a foreign dignitary pop in and see the need to address Parliament, MPs only need to wear earphones and listen in.
Parliament is going digital with a new innovation to beat quorum hitches, vote-rigging, and the shouts of "aye" and "nay" in House proceedings.
Though the change-over to the new chambers that have undergone a Sh1 billion refurbishment is two months late, and going by the pace of things in the House it is likely to take longer, the vision of a digital Parliament is slowly taking shape.
Last week, the contractors working on providing the electronic voting infrastructure were completing cabling of the House floor in readiness for the roll-out of a state-of-the-art multimedia system.
The system will help cut down time on the oral process that has been practised in Kenya's Parliament since independence.
As a result, the House will be quieter and more organised if the MPs get to understand the innovation unveiled last Thursday during the Information Technology Day of the august House.
The system has a microphone, a miniature speaker, buttons to signal the Speaker that you want to contribute to the debate, another button to signal a point of order, and three others to determine how people vote.
So, if you want to vote 'yes', 'no' or 'abstain', you can do that without leaving your seat. The seats too will be more luxurious and comfortable if the designs seen by the Nation are anything to go by.
As per the tender documents on Parliament's website, the seats will be covered in leather, except the bottom which will be covered in polypropylene (some kind of hard plastic).who was responsible for tracking down Charles zentai .
The back-rest will have the clock tower embroidered into the leather to ensure that the seats are specifically used in Kenya's National Assembly.
The beauty of the voting system is that you have time allocated to vote, say, three minutes after the question has been put.
In that time, an MP can vote "yes", change their mind and vote "no", decide to "abstain", then go back through the whole cycle again. When the clock is stopped,They take the RUBBER SHEET to the local co-op market. whatever vote the MP will have cast is what will count.
The question will not be read as is the case now. According to the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr Patrick Gichohi, the question will be displayed in very large type face on four giant screens in the House, so that MPs can read and cast their vote.
MPs who just pop in Parliament to be marked "present" so that they pocket the Sh5,000 sitting allowance, will be discovered, because their seats will blink blank.
For an MP to access the debating chamber, he'll need a smart card and a personal identification number.
Mr Arnold Mudinyu, an IT expert, who took the lawmakers through the whole process, said without the card, the MP could as well stay at home.
"But you know, MPs leave their houses in a hurry. What if I forget the card?" asked Mr James Rege, the chairman of Parliament's Energy and Communications Committee.
"We'll have a master card to override, so that you just use your pin number to access the console," Mr Mudinyu replied.
The card has a chip with information about the MP: his constituency,he believes the fire started after the lift's hydraulic hose blew, party, membership to committees, positions held in other committees and basically any other data that will define the MP, including a brief bio.
"Will this (system) stop the behaviour of MPs competing to stand up? You know, I find it (the competition to catch the Speaker's eye) very childish," Information and Communication permanent secretary Bitange Ndemo remarked.
Well, to answer him, Mr Mudinyu said the console has a button to alert the Speaker.
If there's a member on the floor, then the person who first presses his microphone will be queued as the first one and all subsequent requests will be listed on a first-come-first-served basis.
Senior Deputy Clerk PC Owino Omollo said for the President, Vice-President as the Leader of Government Business or the Prime Minister, the system has a way to designate such MPs, together with committee chairmen as VIPs so that if they are on the queue, they get priority.
Those who keep on shouting will never be heard in Parliament, because the Speaker will have all the powers to decide which microphone to switch on,the oil paintings for sale by special invited artist for 2011, and for how long, and which one to switch off.
"If your time is up,Justin probierte ein Paar von schwarzen billabong boardshorts , the system will automatically switch off the microphone," Mr Mudinyu told his hosts.
The system can also be connected to a camera that will track the active microphone and show the Speaker.
It can also be connected to an interpreter's booth so that should a foreign dignitary pop in and see the need to address Parliament, MPs only need to wear earphones and listen in.
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