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    "id": 1527352,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to comment on two Statements, one by Sen. Hezena on data protection rights and another one by Sen. Seki on ICT development in this country. I participated in developing the Data Protection Act, which Sen. Hezena was referring to. However, the challenge we are having with the Office of Data Protection Commissioner is because the Act has not been properly and effectively implemented. That matter should be looked into deeply by the Standing Committee on ICT. One of the things I have observed is that everyone in this Ministry is clueless, starting from the CAK to the ICT Authority. I am no longer in the Standing Committee on ICT because I was very frustrated as a member given that my background is in the ICT sector. We cannot develop in ICT if we have people running sectors in this Ministry who do not understand technology. For instance, the CAK is headed by a journalist. The Ministry of ICT is headed by people who have no clue on ICT. That is the starting point. We saw this country make strides in ICT when Bitange Ndemo was in charge of that Ministry. It is a high time we place people who are qualified and experienced in the sector to run the institution under ICT. If you listen to the two questions that Members have asked and from my understanding of the Ministry, there is a serious competence issue in this Ministry. We have a tendency of giving all the jobs of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) to lawyers, including jobs which require technical input. The ODPC should be someone who understands ICT, not a lawyer. That is the problem. The CAK performed its role better when Mr. Wangusi was in charge---"
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