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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to reply. In my reply, please allow me to thank all Senators who have contributed to this important Bill, for the amazing input and diversity to the different perspectives that they have provided. This House definitely has got a lot of brains. I thank my seconder, Sen. (Dr.) Milgo who is a Member of our Committee. She covered a wide range of Clauses some of which I had not captured because of the fact that I was looking at the broad areas. She looked at everything from the right to protection, collection of personal data and access to information. I thank her for the thorough work that she did in seconding and ensuring that the gaps that were occasioned by my keeping to bold highlights were captured to make sure that all Senators understood the details of this Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also thank Sen. Shiyonga for pointing to us important issues around the principle objects. She also provided a lot of good personal experience and examples as to how data may be misused and how this Bill will come not just to give effect to Article 31 but also protect individual rights and freedoms. Therefore, I thank her for the very good input. The other Senator that contributed is Sen. Cheruiyot who is a Member of our Committee on Information, Communication and Technology. He was very pertinent and had good information and input with regard to some of the areas or gaps that he identified. I would like to assure him that a lot of the things that he has mentioned have been taken care of. Allow me to apologize because this Bill has been brought to the House before the report of the Committee. I would like to report that the Committee had over 200 pages of submissions. This Bill attracted tremendous interest because of the economic aspect of things that it alludes to. Madam Temporary Speaker, banks, credit cards companies, for example, Master Card, Visa Card and Facebook sent their legal teams. Therefore, we had an amazing array of people from the business perspective because this Bill has a lot of bearing on how these companies use our personal data for their own personal gains. That is one of the things that we sought to take our time on given the complexities and technicalities of this Bill. We went through each and every submission with a toothcomb. We also sought to get our own legal interpretation of some of these things, so that we are not disadvantaged. For that reason, we have the amendments ready. In fact, I am glad that a lot of issues that Sen. Cheruiyot and other Members have pointed to us have been considered. Most of the issues that have come up on the Floor of the House with regard to how the banking and insurance sectors, credit card companies, social media platforms use our personal data The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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