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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Arbelle",
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        "legal_name": "Marselino Malimo Arbelle",
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    "content": "people sending them very bad messages, pornography included. Many people are actually unable to tolerate that kind of behaviour. Unfortunately, there has been no proper law in place to deal with cybercrime. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as you may have noted, many parliamentarians have actually succumbed to this cyber bullying. It is very unfortunate that as much as we appreciate information technology it has come in handy to help many Kenyans to go about their business. You may have realised that in the old days, people used to sit in their offices and write everything manually. Today, information technology has brought in a lot of advantage to our workforce. You can go about your businesses outside your office by use of your computer or smartphone and execute the duties of your office effectively. However, some people have really taken advantage of that innovation of technology to send people some very vulgar messages and information that somebody cannot tolerate. For that reason, the Computer and Cybercrime Bill has come in handy. I project that it will deal with those criminals. However, the implementation of this Bill matters a lot because we understand that the only organ that will be given the responsibility to investigate, arrest and receive reports from the public remains the Police Service Commission. Just like one parliamentarian has mentioned, our police officers are not well equipped to handle cybercrime cases. In this case, it is better to equip them first, so that they can handle cases of cybercrime. If you go to report a simple case right now at a police station where a case is booked manually in the OB, you will be told to go tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, until you get tired of the harassment. The police officers take this person in circles. Eventually, he will opt to drop the case. If somebody reports a cybercrime case, which is more or less digital and sophisticated for that matter, I do not think the police officers are capable of discharging that responsibility. So, we better try to reinforce our police service or have a unit within it which will solely deal with cybercrimes."
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