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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I cry for many. The country will need patriots who will speak truth to power. I was recently at a Parliamentary Group (PG) meeting where governors, Senators, and Members of the National Assembly (MPs) were present. They were having tea and feeling happy and saw nothing wrong in Kshs10 billion being held in Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) because MPs and governors are fighting. During that PG meeting, why did they not agree to withdraw the matter from court, so that members of the public can start enjoying Kshs10 billion? As the leadership of this country, we are lying to wananchi. When we meet, we do not talk about the wananchi but our own issues. The collective mind of the nation must now wake up. We cannot go on like this. I mean, that is not why I came to Nairobi. If I want money, I can get it in Kakamega. In fact, I successfully settled all my marriages just by being in Kakamega. There is nothing special in Nairobi. We come to Nairobi for matters of governance and this is the crux of the matter. Sen. Chute, we are with you. I know the story of Marsabit and Turkana counties where children stop you on the road, not for money but they ask you for water. When you give a little boy of five years a bottle of water, the face lights up. We are living a lie!"
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"content": " Proceed, Sen. Eddy."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I wanted to give a few thoughts on the good Statement sought by Sen. Hezena on TikTok usage and data protection. I know that we have the Data Protection Act in place, but there are gaps because that Act has not been translated into what I would call clear governance policies. If you read that Act the way it is at the moment, it is generic in terms of general laws that need to exist and fairness laws. For us to get justice in what has been sought by Sen. Hezena, which is basically the danger that our young people are facing by being online and consuming platforms such as TikTok, the first thing that the Committee should do is proper data protection impact assessment. They should also look at the interface between that impact assessment together with governance policies and how clear they can be. For instance, despite the existence of that particular law, there is no transparency on data collection, storage, and usage, not only by TikTok, but all other social media platforms that we have. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Today, if you look at Meta platforms like Instagram (IG), you cannot pinpoint where transparency is in terms of data collection, storage and usage. There is also no transparency on processing activities of the data that we see where massive young and even older people get on this platform. You can further look at it in terms of transfer of that data from within and without Kenya. Within Kenya, perhaps, you can force TikTok and other platforms to comply with the generic laws in the Data Protection Act but what happens when that data is transferred outside? Does it meet the data protection safeguards outside this country, and what are the compliance metrics that our data protection organisations and Government institutions have to make sure that these kinds of platforms comply with the safeguards that are established within, for example, China, United States (US) and Ireland? This is something that must be looked at from an impact assessment perspective. When you look at countries that have made strides like the US, they have data localisation. There is some form of data that cannot be transferred outside their borders and be exploited more broadly as we see with young people in this country. That also goes with things like content moderation and standards. Even though some social media platforms like TikTok have got what I would call industrial or company policies that we can buttress on the issue of data protection, there is no way of incorporating the Kenyan culture and---"
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"content": "(Sen. Kavindu Muthama consulted loudly)"
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"content": " Sen. Kavindu, please. Proceed, Sen. Oketch."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the protection. There is no way of incorporating the Kenyan culture and moral standards. Even though both TikTok and IG appreciate regional ideologies and cultures, the current form of law does not reduce to policy, where you can force them to comply with that notion of regional, cultural and moral standards because that is where content generation becomes a big problem. Mr. Speaker, Sir, to further make this work for our younger generation, especially those under the age of 13 years, there has to be a required user education on our public sphere, that is required of the corporate companies that are running these platforms. That user education can also be used to buttress some of the standards that TikTok, Facebook, Instagram (IG) and any other social media platform that will come in future. I, therefore, would request that this Committee takes this work seriously and promotes---"
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"content": " Sen. Essy, please, proceed."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to support the Statement by Sen. Mandago on the status of wheat farmers in the country. I have seen the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) run an advert of ‘Better Kilimo MkulimaKwanza’ . As a country, we are constantly preaching ‘Buy Kenya Build Kenya’. However, those will remain mere words if our wheat farmers cannot have their wheat purchased The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "from them. Instead, we are opting for more imports which are flooding the market. I hope this will not be a game of the goose just like when we were investigating the edible oil scandal. I, therefore, would like the Committee to go deep into this because there is no way we are prioritizing importation yet Kenya is producing huge quantities of wheat. This would discourage our farmers for that matter. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in this case, if you allow me, I would use the Swahili word ‘ kinaya kikubwa’ that the Agriculture and Food Authority and the Ministry in general is running an advert of Better Kilimo, Mkulima Kwanza, but prioritizing people who are not our citizens. I would like the Committee to go deeper and beyond some of the issues that Sen. Mandago has raised, so that there is justice for our farmers. I would like to also support the Statement by Sen. Hezena. It is a wake-up call to parents and guardians to also guide our children who are growing up on what is suitable for their consumption. Even though we are going to put laws that will guide them on what to look at and what not to, we as parents need to have that responsibility so that we are bring up children who are well informed. That is why I brought the Civic Education Bill, not just for we, Members here, but citizens in general to be informed on what decisions they are bound to make. I thank you."
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