{"id":716742,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/716742/?format=json","text_counter":574,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. M. Kajwang","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13162,"legal_name":"Moses Otieno Kajwang'","slug":"moses-otieno-kajwang"},"content":"Mr. Chairman, Sir, I support this amendment that Clause 19 be deleted; that introduces Section 44 (a). The debate the whole day has been on semantics and on the definition of the word complimentary and notwithstanding. I am an ICT practitioner and I want to bring a technical angle to this. Section 44 (a) that is introduced in this Bill is unnecessary because what we are trying to achieve through Section 44 (a) can still be achieved with Section 44 (5) (i). When you were debating this matter, you alluded to it; that the Bill already provides an avenue for us to come up with regulations. The specific regulation that will cure the fear that we have that technology may fail is an operations continuity plan. Mr. Chairman, Sir, from the tech world where I come from, operations continuity planning and management is a discipline. People get certified in it. There are at least three ISO standards that talk about business continuity management. From ISO 27001 to ISO 27005 and there is a third ISO standard on business continuity management. There is a British standard on the same subject. The Americans have a standard. The French have a standard. We are not telling the IEBC to reinvent the wheel. It is not rocket science. There are frameworks, methodologies and there are standards that IEBC can follow to ensure that we have got an operations continuity plan that takes into account the fears and concerns that Members have raised here. I want to plead with my colleagues that the political temperature has risen because of Section 44 (a). If we were discernible and more keen on this matter, we can achieve that through Section 44 (5) (i). Mr. Chairman, Sir, if you go further to Section 44 (6), the regulations that IEBC comes up with would ordinarily go to the National Assembly. Section 44 (6) gives Senate the mandate of looking at regulations that relate to technology. So, this will not be a lost cause. I want to plead with my colleagues that we do not need to inflame the public any further by bringing Section 44 (a). Let us attempt to achieve this through delegated legislation and the relevant committees in the National Assembly and at the Senate, we look at this matter and we give IEBC an opportunity to come up with an operations continuity plan that is benchmarked on the best standards and benchmarked on the best frameworks available in the market."}