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    "id": 942735,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ainamoi, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Sylvanus Maritim",
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        "legal_name": "Sylvanus Maritim",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Bill. It is coming at the right time. Considering the digital era and advanced technology, we give out a lot of information all the time. Even in Parliament, we register at the gate every time we come in. We give out our vehicle registration number, phone number and the number of persons inside our vehicles. That information can easily be misused. Lately, I have been receiving random messages because one way or the other, my information is out there. Funny enough, the other day, I received a text from Java informing me that they are opening another branch just because I used Mpesa to clear my Bill. It did not mean that my data is supposed to be misused. I am reminded that just before the elections, when we were checking our political parties, you would find yourself in a party that you do not know simply because there was a lot of data - probably through Mpesa - whereby someone picks your ID number and registers you in a political party that is not of your choice. This morning, in one of the dailies, I read about a prominent person who has been unwell. The daily gave us information on his health condition and the kind of disease he is suffering from. That is not fair. This Bill will help to ensure that health records are in safe custody and data that is out there is not misused. I come from Kericho where we plant tea. Many times, we have tea agencies moving round collecting data from the farmers and counting the number of tea bushes they have in their farms. We do not know what they intend to do with that information. This Bill cures the same under Clause 29. It talks about the duty to notify. Before you collect data, you have to specify what you intend to do with it. With regard to financial data, we are waking up to a situation where banks are giving out our details without notifying us. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has our bank details. We have not been notified about the information KRA wants from our bank accounts. That is wrong. In supporting this Bill, the integrity of information that is collected lies squarely in the office of the data controller and data processors. We would not want a situation where people collect information and it is shared without knowing what is to be done with that data. Otherwise, I support the Bill."
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