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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Crystal Asige",
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    "content": "information that I received my response and the matter was concluded. Let me inform him I have not received any response and the matter has not been concluded. I would challenge, push or seek for the Committee to bring this issue up at the Devolution Conference in two weeks’ time because it is very pertinent. It has been ignored term after term. It is a matter to do with regard to PWDs representation in our counties. Our voices are not being heard on the ground, in counties. That is why we have legislation and budgets that are not equitable in any shape or form. I really pray that this Committee, through its able Chairperson, can bring this up very strongly during the Devolution Conference on our behalf. This is because there are approximately one million PWDs who need the Committee to stand up and speak on our behalf when that is presented to them. Secondly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I heard the Chairperson of the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources say that they have had 12 meetings since February. I got a little bit worried because it has been six months since then. That is an average of only two meetings per month. I then heard him say later that there are several pending Statements before the Committee. I would have hoped to hear some sort of challenges in his report on why they have so many pending Statements and yet they have been meeting approximately twice a month. What are they planning to do with those pending Statements, so that the concerns of those Senators who have been waiting for a few months are settled? My third comment is to the chairperson of the Committee on Information, Communication and Technology who went first. I also have a concern in that I did not hear him speak of emerging issues in the report. There are many issues touching on technology and data protection that sit squarely within the mandate of his Committee, but he did not mention them. For instance, there was the recent breach on the E-Citizen platform. Even though a Statement has not been sought from them, I would have hoped that the Committee would be a bit proactive in its approach and conduct its own investigation since the matter concerns them. The E-Citizen breach was huge. It was in the news a couple of weeks back. Two weeks have not even gone by, but we have not heard them mention it their report which they tabled before this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I speak right now, there are thousands of young people who are lining up at KICC here in Nairobi. I am sure you have seen queues this morning where young people are having their eyes scanned in exchange of their biodata. They are being given US$57 in exchange for their biodata. This is something that I hope the Committee on ICT will take up as its own self-generated issue rather than waiting for us to seek a Statement. The nature of data and technology are extremely progressive and fast moving. This Committee has to keep up with that pace of the current issues rather than wait for business to be brought to them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding this issue of the World Coin, young people are giving out their biometrics through eye scans, not only here in Nairobi, but across different counties in the world. However, we have no idea about consent and the data protection provisions that have been laid out to protect these young people. They are freely giving"
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