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    "id": 1232152,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very interesting proposition that Sen. Orwoba wants the House to consider. I have never really thought about it in the direction she is pointing us to. On many occasions when you go to public buildings or even private enterprises, you give out your ID without bothering to think what somebody will do with it. Being street smart over time and now as a public figure, I rarely give the correct ID card number or even the phone number. This is because in most occasions when you leave your number with the security guard, then later in the evening when they have left work, you will find the usual calls that politicians get; ‘that I am so and so, I work at such a place you visited. I need this or that favour.’ It becomes quite untidy. That is a situation that happens to those of us that are public figures. What about the people that we represent because they are primarily our duty and the reason we are here? When we passed the Data Protection Bill, we created the office of the Data Commissioner to be able to look into these kinds of things; to ensure that publicly-availed data is not used for any purpose other than that which was intended. The reason you give your identification details is to be identified. This came to the fore with the wake of terrorism issues in the country. Unfortunately, this has now become subject to abuse. You will find that ordinary Kenyans run into trouble for such reasons. It is rather unfortunate. I believe that the Committee on Information and Communication Technology will consider this because this is an issue about data and we created an office under the State Department though independent, but administratively under the state department of ICT. They should respond and perhaps issue additional regulations of how they intent to cut this menace. This is something if not properly addressed, can end up with the kind of situation Sen. Orwoba is describing, where private data is abused, yet it was intended for public good when given out. With keen interest, I look forward to see what the Data Commissioner will be proposing to the House as a possible solution, so that ordinary citizens do not have to fear. There has to be better ways of managing this information. With those remarks, I support and appreciate Sen. Orwoba for bringing this issue to the House."
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