Madam Speaker, as the House may be aware, my Ministry launched a Digital Transformation Blueprint 2025-29 earlier this year and this blueprint serves as a comprehensive roadmap which is built on four strategic pillar and five enablers. As a government, we see digital access being of fundamental citizen right and which is deeply embedded within the pillars and the enablers that feature in the blueprint. Universal and reliable digital infrastructure ensures connectivity while legal protections and cyber security measures safeguard personal data and build trust. Meanwhile, the focus on digital literacy equipped citizens with the skills that they require and these pillars, together with the comprehensive ecosystem, where every citizen can fully participate in the digital economy and foster trust and confidence in the system. It is good that I point out here, Madam Speaker, that the previous regime promised a smart Mauritius for a decade. Yet, they left communities without functioning digital services. Their slogan was smart; their governance was obsolete. Madam Speaker, the House may wish to note that an interministerial committee has been established and my Ministry is monitoring and coordinating the implementation of the blueprint. We have also established a dashboard for every minister, the PS and SCE for every ministry to be able to monitor implementation of the projects. Furthermore, my Ministry is holding consultations with the relevant institutions to identify appropriate reforms and to strengthen digital rights, privacy and data governance as it recognises the necessary legal and regulatory frameworks are vital for guarantying digital

92 rights. Half-baked apps, system that crashed, e-services nobody used; we, on the other hand, are embedding digital access into the governance framework as a right not as a marketing tool. Madam Speaker, I am informed by the Attorney General’s Office that amendments will be made to the Constitution of Mauritius to better protect fundamental rights including new generation rights relating to technology in line with the Government Programme 2025-2029 and as reflected in the blueprint for ICT. So, the Constitutional Review Commission which shall be set up, shall look into the inclusion of digital rights as the fundamental right under Section 2 of the Constitution. Madam Speaker, the previous administration created a two-speed Mauritius: the connected and the forgotten. We refuse that model. They treated citizens as users; we treat them as right holders. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you, hon. Minister. You are fantastic; you are very happy. I am happy when you are happy. Yes, hon. Fourth Member for Port-Louis North and Montagne Longue, Mr A. Duval. RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS – WATER STRESS ALLEVIATION – VIABLE SCHEMES