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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ngunjiri",
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        "legal_name": "Onesmas Kimani Ngunjiri",
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    "content": "Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have had the opportunity to read through this Bill. I have noted a couple outstanding issues, which I hope will be looked at as the Bill continues to be developed. First, the current title of the bill is “Computers and Cybercrimes”. For purposes of expanding the mandate of the Bill, we should think of renaming it to Cyber Security and Technology Protection Bill. For example, when Hon. Sabina was talking about the issue of her phone being taken control of or somebody using her number and using her name, that does not fall under cybercrime, even though it is a crime of technology. I hope this Bill will cure such mischief. I hope we could change the title as I suggested. The other thing is under the definition of the Cabinet Secretary (CS). We have said that we want this Bill to be put under the CS from ICT. I propose that we put it under the CS, who will be responsible for matters relating to cybercrime and cyber security at whatever point. There is also a need to consider having a national cyber security coordination centre that brings in multi-stakeholders from various security agencies and the ICT Department itself so that we get comprehensive security. We are defining crimes based on how we understand them but we need to think about something called cybersquatting. This is where somebody takes over your identity and holds onto it. You know the way people speculate after buying land. So, somebody takes over your identity because you are not on the internet or you do not have that identity on the internet. They force you to buy it back from them if you want to use your original identity. It is going to be important for us to think about how to secure people’s personal identities from being misused because cyberspace is a new space we are all getting into. Some people are getting into it before others. I still know people who do not have WhatsApp on their mobile phones. So, if somebody gets into the internet before you and choses to take over your entire identity, we do not have a law that stops that from happening. That will be one of the things I would suggest to be looked into by this particular Bill. We have talked about inappropriate publications. One of the problems we have with the internet right now is that there is no accountability mechanism for whatever you post. As we The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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