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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. When we passed this law, it was clear that regulations would follow after. In the wake of terrorism, there has been a requirement in many places you will drive to. They will first take your car number, your full names and telephone number. That data is then left with a security guard. We may not have captured that in the law we passed and there may be need to check because that information can be used fraudulently. That information can be used by conmen to con people who use Safaricom or Mpesa. These people can pretend that they are you and open a fake Facebook account. A lot of things have been done and reports have been made to police, but those cases have not gone far. During the time when we had new generation IDs had been produced, they contained all the details of an individual in one card, what was being called a one-stop shop. There were court cases that first stopped the release of those new IDs. This team came to Parliament and they took all our information using iPads. At that time, I remember a chief called me from somewhere in Nairobi and told me, ‘please, come and pick your card.’ However, whenever I went to pick the card, the chief was never available, and now all my data is still with some people somewhere. It is high time for the sake of the security of an individual, that we come up with a way of--- Once all your details have been taken, who is responsible and how can we make sure that it is not misused in one way or the other, especially against your own personal security. Many of us cannot go to places without being identified because you are a public figure and people know you. Some release you without picking your details, but some insist that they want all your details. I am sure at that particular moment, it is not for the best reasons. While we consider this, we may need to multi-task. We may have Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations and the Committee on ICT working together, so that whatever proposals come out, we can address them sufficiently. Otherwise, I support the Statement. I thank you."
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