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    "id": 1274287,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1274287/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As you have rightly said, Hon. John Mukunji, Member of Parliament for Manyatta, sought a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration and Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communication and Digital Economy on why Worldcoin was collecting data from Kenyan citizens by way of scanning iris in exchange for some money. In particular, he wanted to know the following: 1. The steps the Government is taking to ensure control of data access, collection and storage by foreign entities. 2. Who licensed and authorized the biometric data collection by Worldcoin, and was the correct procedure followed? 3. Safety guarantees that the Government has put in place to ensure that the data will be exclusively used for the intended purpose and Kenyan citizens will not incur any loss. 4. The ultimate objective of this exercise and the purpose of the data collection. 5. The source of the money being used to pay participants and who stands to benefit from this exercise. 6. Whether precautionary steps were taken by the Government on the already mined data. The two Cabinet secretaries state as follows: 1. An entity calling itself Worldcoin was reported to be harvesting eyeball/iris data from Kenyans for three days until yesterday in exchange for cryptocurrency 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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