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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gideon Keter",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill because of one thing: Our society needs orientation and protection. I do not support cyber- bullying, cyber-stalking, computer fraud, computer forgery, false publication and child pornography. It is high time that we, as a country, stood up and protected our society. I fear for my generation. The moment this is passed as a law, within the first 24 hours, many of the young people will be arrested because of many reasons related to this. Many young people have been practicing this for a long time. You find them with fake Facebook accounts and pseudo Twitter accounts, busy abusing one another, left right and centre and making life completely difficult for other people. Now is the time to become champions of media, literacy and share responsibly. Before sharing, we have to stop, reflect on what we share and verify before we share because we need to separate facts from fiction as a society. Spread of false information has a negative impact on people’s lives and causes unnecessary confusion and hardship. Stopping this behaviour is everyone’s responsibility. Since I know it is my generation that will suffer most, I still urge that the Government needs to conduct training and capacity building. It is not only the Government, but other stakeholders should conduct aggressive nation-wide sensitisation programmes lasting at least a year to increase this awareness. The law enforcement officers and, most if not all, prosecutors and Judiciary officers need to know how to deal with cybercrime and electronic evidence. At the level of the police, special cybercrime units are often established, which offer technical support to other police services. The creation of specialised prosecution services is less widespread and varies with the Judiciary. Lack of knowledge and skill among prosecutors, and in particular members in the bench, seem to be a major concern in most countries, including our own country. I expect regular training of judiciary officers on cybercrime and electronic evidence, which I know is very rare. I also expect programmes to support the training of prosecutors, judges and magistrates to acquire the necessary skills regarding cybercrime and electronic evidence."
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