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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "You may remember that in the last Senate, with the Senators for Elgeyo- Marakwet and Isiolo, we passed the Cyber Crime Bill in this House, which was very comprehensive in the protection of the society against cyber criminals. The people that Sen. Falhada is describing are pure and simple criminals who use and take advantage of social media to corrupt morals, pervert society, spread hatred and do all manner of things. We have seen even far and beyond, for instance, in the US, how President Trump tweeted himself out of office by constantly insulting anybody in sight using raucous language. In this country, if you look at the timelines on your phone, you find that you have 3,000 messages streaming in one day and they are just about 20 or 30 angry people abusing each other from morning to evening. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology in conjunction with all interested parties, including Parliament, not to stifle free debate, but to control pornography and abuses that --- (technical hitch). Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have growing and when sometimes you open YouTube, you see nudity and all manner of dirty things. Unless there is a way and system of protecting our children, our moral pervasion will go to a level higher and more dangerous for our society. We cannot turn a tool of communication into an instrument of spreading terror, hatred and malice. I agree with Sen. Falhada that this statement is important and must be given the weight it deserves. I urge the Committee responsible for ICT - I think the Chairperson is the Senator for Baringo, Gideon Moi - to take an initiative and relook at our Cyber Crime Bill that we passed here and ended up being grossly mutilated in the National Assembly, and see whether the protective clauses on society can be brought back. We have seen cyber bullies, bullying judges and literally everybody in the course of their duty. We have people out there who spend their time and energy on nothing, but bullying. This must be stopped because society must be protected from such self- aggrandizing characters who think that the best opinion is what they hold and everybody else’s opinion is nothing. As we also use social media platforms for education, we need a mechanism of protecting children because we have seen cases – a certain teacher told me that she opened up a screen in her class of Standard Three or Four children and the first thing that came on the screen was nudity. This kind of thing is not good for any society. So, let us as a House and country, stand up and protect, especially our growing children; even adults who are responsible must be brought to order, the same way Americans brought Trump to order."
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