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    "id": 1294327,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to make comments on the Digital Health Bill. One of my pet peeves is working hard to propose legislations and seeing them collapse in the ‘Lower House.’ The three arms of Government have their distinct roles. The main role of this arm of Government is to develop legislation. I speak as a Member of the Committee on Health. In July 2023, my colleague in this Committee, Sen. Kibwana, proposed an E- Health Bill. It was tabled in this House for First Reading and published on the 27th July. If you look at the Order Paper, there is the order of preference. Any Bill that is proposed by the Majority or the Government, has three stars. A Bill which is proposed by a legislator has one star. The one which is moved by a Chairperson of a Committee has got two stars. If we compare apples to apples and take the E-Health Bill, which was proposed by Sen. Kibwana, and the Digital Health Bill, which has been drafted by the Ministry of Health, you will find 85 per cent plagiarism. Of course, the Majority will always have their way and the minority will have their say. What will happen when we sit down to consider Sen. Kibwana’s E-Health Bill, which, in my view, took care of the data protection issues that were raised by Sen. Osotsi? The loopholes in the plagiarized Bill are very serious. Recently, we were all entertained by advertisements from clubs, where people complained that their pictures were being used. They went to the Data Protection Agency and some are being paid about Kshs1.8 million."
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