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    "id": 1154043,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to also say something on this Bill. I have quite a lot to say about this, but I want to summarise it in two minutes. This Bill is long overdue. If implemented, it is going to ensure inter-operability of the foundational and functional systems in Government. Foundational systems are basically general registration systems for identity cards, birth certificates, death certificates and even refugee registration. The functional systems are for specific services like immigration, passports and all that. So, it is going to ensure linkage of these systems and make it easy for the Government not to have duplication of data. We have seen many cases of duplication of identity cards and even birth certificates. This will be a thing of the past. Most importantly, this system is going to promote digital economy. We will, as a country, save a lot. For example, you know we are spending too much money on elections. The Kenyan general election is very expensive. With this system in place, we will not keep on recreating voter registers. Possibly, it will be easy to ensure our elections are 100 per cent digital. It is a system that is long overdue. I fully support it. I have reservations on how the risks around the systems are going to be managed, particularly the people who are in control of the systems. This is an issue that we need to look at as a country. Even the Computer Misuse and Cyber Crimes Act remains largely unimplemented. The Data Protection Act remains largely unimplemented. As I have always said, especially when I was making my presentation for the Bill which I am sponsoring, the Information Communication Technology Practitioners Bill, a lot of effort and priority needs to be put on issues of ethics around the profession. If we do not address that issue, we will be creating systems that are going to expose this country and can even lead to State capture. I urge this House to expedite the processing of the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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