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    "id": 1274298,
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    "speaker_name": "Uasin Gishu County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gladys Boss",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to lend my voice to this very important matter. I think that it is very important that we have a response by the Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications and the Digital Economy and the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government. This matter is bigger than we actually think. This is a national security matter because if an organisation has the data of your citizens, one day you might have to buy it from them. They will have more information about our citizens and have better sensors than we have. This is also an issue that touches on the Central Bank of Kenya. CBK has never pronounced itself on cryptocurrency and bitcoin. They also need to get involved. The Communications Authority of Kenya must also look at this issue. I also call upon the customs officials because when any equipment comes into the country, they usually charge tax on it. What were the equipment logged in as? Why were they coming into the country? Recently when I had a medical camp in Uasin Gishu County, the medical equipment that was brought in had to be cleared by customs. You must declare the purpose for which you are bringing the equipment into the country. So, how did this pass through our airports? If Kenyans recall, the reason they went to court on the issue of Huduma Number was because of harvesting people’s data without a clear methodology or understanding of how that data will be protected. This is not just about the Data Commissioner, but also the various institutions within our country. I think it is our responsibility as Parliament to make sure that we set regulations. I did some research today and discovered that UNESCO has pronounced itself on this matter and so has the European Union. They are in the process of setting up guidelines. Namibia has a Bill that has been passed in their Parliament. It is either coming into force soon or it is in the process of coming into force. We must take the lead as Parliament and have that legislation so that we set guidelines. Artificial intelligence is here with us and it is not going to leave. In fact, if we just say we are getting rid of Worldcoin, even if we deport them from Kenya, remember they can still reach individuals in Kenya through Facebook and Twitter and other platforms. Remember many of you Parliamentarians open your phones using facial recognition which is the same concept. They can still recruit our youth using those other social media channels hence it is important that we have legislation to be able to deal with it. We have just discovered that they are here because they were at KICC but remember I am told that they have more than 20 centres around the country and they have been undertaking work with various institutions in Kenya. I checked their website earlier and, on their website, some of the people who are supporting them is Africa AI, Bowmans, which is one of the biggest law firms in Kenya, Strathmore University and Nairobi County. All these are already their partners here in Kenya so they could have harvested much more data than we know about. What we saw was public and all that is available on their website. I will personally be looking at the Namibia legislation and see how we can bring legislation to deal with this. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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