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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyasuna",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "cyber space must understand this. I am very pleased that this Bill deals with access of a computer system with intent to facilitate a criminal offence as an offence and criminalises this. The term “open the server” has become a cliché since we had elections and we do know that there was unauthorised disclosure of passwords, as my colleague has said in her contribution. We do know that this really created problems. I am happy that this can now be dealt with. It is also important that this Bill deals with publishing false and fictitious data. Right now the biggest debate in the world is around a company called Cambridge Analytica, which is the company that actually came here and published a lot of propaganda and false and fictitious information about His Excellency Raila Amolo Odinga. I am happy that now there is a legal basis within our own Kenyan jurisdiction that we will use to pursue and sue Cambridge Analytica. This is very useful. There is cyber stalking and cyber bullying. Recently, somebody created fictitious messages on WhatsApp and sent them around that Hon. Wanga was speaking to some honourable MPs from Jubilee talking about how we want to talk together. This was before the handshake. This was extremely damaging as you can imagine. I am really pleased that this can be dealt with. Actually, the tragedy of a modern day politician is being stalked and being cyber bullied. It is not just to a politician. We have seen people who have been bullied to the point of committing suicide including with their children. There is the issue of wrongful distribution of intimate images. I have learnt that there are men who circulate very bad images to women MPs but there are also women who circulate very nasty images to male MPs. This is now a criminal offence. If you are out there listening and thinking you are going to continue sending those nasty WhatsApp images, you are now going to be caught by the law and you are going to pay for it. With those many comments, I beg to support this very important Bill. I will support the amendments that have been proposed by the Committee to even strengthen it further. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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