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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko",
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    "content": "This is a wonderful proposed piece of legislation that recognizes the fact that society is using information which must be collected and stored. Decisions have to be made based on information so that informed choices or propositions are made by entities concerned. This Bill confirms the fact we, as a developing nation, we are collecting, storing and using accurate data so that we benefit from it. This Bill seeks to protect personal data which has been misused by various agencies, entities and people. The misuse of personal data has been discussed in places like the United States of America (USA). If you remember, in the 2016 elections, data was misused. There were credible claims which were disputed by the current President of the USA that information was misused to misinform voters about certain things in the USA which is a developed country. During the Brexit period in the United Kingdom (UK), there was assertion that a certain organisation that is suspected to have been involved in unlawful activities in Kenya also misused data that they had collected from people. It is claimed that with the misuse of such data, they were able to sway the Brexit decision. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this confirms that the misuse of personal or any form of data can be dangerous and need to be regulated. People who potentially do this must be held accountable. An institution, body or law enforcement agency must be empowered to check this kind of violation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a good Bill that will start us off on a firm footing where we need to protect ourselves from people who scavenge for information in order to occasion harm to us. It is clear that security agencies require data. We also require data for planning and for scientific activities. All these are done in good faith and for purpose of prospering our entities and country which is good. However, we must take bold measures that are proposed by this Committee to ensure that the data that is collected is not misused to our detriment. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Malalah spoke before me and mentioned the issue of birth certificates. For purposes of the rights of the child, it is important for a child to have a name of its parents. I am sure if we were to reverse positions and become children who do not know our parents, it will be harmful to us."
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