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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Report of the Committee. I was just thinking about the impact of having our land registry digitised. This is a country where we have not been able to figure out how to secure our digital space. One of the most dangerous things about digital space is its ability to condense crime. We have problems on land ownership, hardcopy title deeds and forged documents. I start imagining, if we are to digitise our land registry at a time when we have not figured out or completed securing cyber space or have not come up with laws that guarantee that our cyber space is secure, what would happen? I get very scared. I was looking at the Report and I saw some things. When I saw the public participation aspect that was done by the Ministry and the National Land Commission (NLC) I noticed - I do not know whether it was an oversight by the Committee or whether they did not meet - they met stakeholders of land, but did not meet any stakeholders of the digital environment. They did not meet people who deal with security of the digital environment. I find myself wondering. Digitising a registry is not just about picking the documents and putting them on soft copy. It is also being sure that once those documents are put on soft copy, they will not be accessible by anybody apart from the person who is authorised. It worries me because I do not see, imagine or think that the ministry and the people involved in this have thought about how they will make sure that the information that is kept in digital space is secure. As a Member of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, I know we have been struggling with the issue of cyber security. When this Bill is passed, if we are actually going to think about digitising the land registry, I would like to see an explanation of how that registry will secure its data from unauthorised access. Land in this country has been behind a lot of conflict. Land has been behind conflicts that are found in most families. Land has been behind conflict in communities. If we are not able and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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