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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me also join in making comments on the statement by Sen. Catherine Mumma on the issue of data protection abuse by the mobile phone lenders, the people who lend mobile phones or who give higher purchase services on mobile phones. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are continually receiving complaints around the issue of data protection, and we must ask ourselves where we are going wrong as a nation. Just the other day, you saw the ruling by the courts on the issue of Worldcoin where the courts ruled that there was a violation of data protection rights by the Worldcoin company. The question is: How did this company get into the country and started taking data from our people? There is a problem which must be addressed. Speaking as an expert, perhaps, it is an opportunity for us to relook at the entire Data Protection Act, because that is where we have inconsistencies. I have noted inconsistencies even in the way the Office of Data Protection Commission is being managed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in my opinion, the ideal person to head the Office of Data Protection must be someone who understands Information and communications technology (ICT). We cannot just be giving every job that comes in the public sector to lawyers. We need to review this so that we give it to people who understand the process. Speaking about this, the regulators in the ICT industry are failing this country. Just this week, I heard that the CAK has increased spectrum licenses by 2,000 per cent. This will drive telecommunication operators, including Safaricom Limited, out of business. They are doing this for the purpose of generating funds for the Government. What about the implication on the economy? Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is high time that this sector must be manned by people who understand technology. At the CAK, the Director General is a journalist while the Chairperson is a business lady who does not understand technology."
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