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    "content": "cyber-crime. It can even be hacked even through battery emissions and so on. I was astounded and shocked. Therefore, I laud the Committee for drafting very comprehensive new offences relating to use of technology in elections. The other new offence which I laud the Committee for taking into account is breach of the electoral code. Initially, there was a requirement that parties and everybody must sign that electoral code. However, that code was honoured more in breach rather than observance. I am not aware of any case which went to court where one was accused of breaching the electoral code. The breach was almost non-existent because the penalty was around six months or Kshs100,000. However, if one now breaches the electoral code and particularly party officials, they stand to be fined Kshs1 million and/or imprisonment of six years. That is the Bill that we are asked to approve. There are up to six or so organisations that came to us yesterday afternoon on this matter. Most of what they said is that they had already informed the Joint Select Committee on IEBC. Therefore, appearing before us was a mere repetition of what they had already told the Joint Committee. We met and decided unanimously that we should recommend to this august Assembly to enact this legislation. I beg to support."
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