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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Bill. I will only mention two things. The first has to do with what Sen. Wako referred to and the use of technology raised in this Bill. The Committee on Information and Technology has published the Cyber Security and Protection Bill. It will come to this House soon. It is related to some of the offences that are now contained in this Bill. In the past, technology has been used negatively to rig rather than support. I think that the electoral body must now begin to use technology positively so that we can monitor elections online even as they happen. That is the way to avoid any suspicions on the electoral process. The other issue is that throughout the Bill, the offences are mentioned as whether directly or indirectly. Indirectly is to also do with the use of mobile phones. It is not only physically that you can threaten somebody. You can bribe on M-pesa and use the mobile phone to comment on all the offences that are imagined in this Bill. Therefore, I think it is important for voters and the entire country to understand this. Today, people are committing offences on the mobile phone without knowing or even realising that they are as offensive as if you have spoken to the people individually. On the issues of directly or indirectly, I commend the Committee because we must include mobile phone offences. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Clause 10(2) of this Bill is also an important one. This is because there have been instances where people have gone for 14, 15 and 16 year olds and registered them as voters, even though they are not of voting age. This is happening across the country in some The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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