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"content": "Thank you, Mr Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also make my contribution to the statements issued by the respective chairpersons. However, there is one that has caught my attention. While contributing, I heard Sen. Cherarkey state that the approval of nominees to IEBC should be processed by the National Assembly and referred to the Senate for approval. This issue is one that we should address honestly and consciously as a Senate because what happened in Naivasha was a travesty of justice. When the committee of experts went to Naivasha, the Members of the National Assembly totally mutilated the oversight and legislative mandate of the Senate. I have read the report at page two and it says that once the National Assembly has considered the nominees, it should forward the names to the Senate for their input and also approval. If you read Article 250 of the Constitution, it states in black and white that each commission shall consist of at least three, but not more than nine members and the chairperson and each member of a commission shall be approved by the National Assembly. So, clearly the way Article 250 is worded, the Senate of the Republic of Kenya has been left out of a very critical process. The time has come for us, as Kenyans, and also as parliamentarians, to do a serious audit and have a Constitution that is meant to serve a bicameral parliament. Sen. Cherarkey, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale; all of us enjoy direct mandate from the people. We are elected directly by the people not like the UK where one gets an honorary appointment to serve in the House of Lords. I want to draw that to the attention of the House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an opportune moment for us to audit this Constitution and make it one that can serve a bicameral parliament that has the National Assembly and the Senate."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also note that on your screen, my name is not being seen clearly. Basically, I hope that the ICT team of the Senate will take action and ensure that my name is clearly displayed on the screen because I am being 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": "skipped. Members who have just walked in have been given opportunity to make comments. Secondly, hon. Speaker, I am a member of the Senate ICT Committee and we have noted the issues on data protection. Sen. Osotsi and myself were in the ICT committee of the National Assembly when the Data Protection Act was passed. The biggest problem that we have in the Constitution of Kenya 2010 is that there were very many activists most of whom were lawyers who agitated for it. They put in every law that one needs to be a lawyer to head the ICT entity. In fact, we had challenges when we were debating because this is an entity that should be headed by a person who is an expert in ICT. Since the law was as it was, we picked a lawyer. Given that the term of Data Commissioner is coming to an end in less than two years, this is something that we need to look at. We need to go and re-look at the law and amend appropriately, so that we have an expert in ICT heading that entity. We are not saying the Data Commissioner is incompetent. She is competent. She came for the vetting, impressed us and we basically approved her. She is doing a good job. One of the challenges that maybe they have is capacity, because of staffing levels. They need to build up capacity, so that we have people across the counties. As a Committee, I believe I will discuss with the Chairperson and the Members, so that in the next two weeks, we ensure that she comes to the Committee and answers most of these concerns that Members have raised."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to speak on two statements, the first one by Sen. Mumma. I support that there is a need to look critically at the laws governing data in this country. We even realize that under the current Social Health Authority (SHA) and Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) system, data is held by third parties, including by undisclosed companies in USA who will be handling the health data of Kenyans. Under the Digital Health Act, data is described as a strategic asset of the country. If a strategic asset of the country can be left to undisclosed foreigners, then we are not taking the question of data seriously today. We know that data can be used to design things, even to design a disease that can eliminate people. My brother, the Bull fighter of Kakamega, can easily be cloned and the genes be designed to eliminate people who have those kinds of traits which would be very bad for us. I also rise to support that the vetting of IEBC commissioners must be done by both Houses. It is a fact that Article 250 2(b) says that the National Assembly will approve the nominees, but that is not the only thing in the Constitution. The Constitution is also very clear that matters of devolution must involve the Senate. As has been rightly observed, IBEC commissioners preside over elections of Senators, MCAs and governors who are county officials at the county level and national officials at the Senate. I put my weight behind those who have said that reading the Constitution as a whole, one will find it necessary to bring those names to the Senate for approval. On the theory of bicameralism, whatever happened in Naivasha, a bicameral parliament is supposed to be bicameral. It is not like a parliament where one House is like an appendix of the other. In the spirit of bicameralism, we must have that Bill here. 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": "I urge Senators in this House to try and realize that---"
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"content": " Proceed, Sen. Mungatana."
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"content": "Asante sana, Bw. Spika wa Muda, kwa kunipa nafasi kuongea kuhusu Taarifa inayohusu usalama katika basi na usalama wa abiria. Watoto wetu haswa wakati wa kufunga na kufungua shule huwa wanasafiri sana kwa barabara zetu. Ni lazima sasa kamati inayohusika waangalie kama itawezekana hizi SACCO ambazo zinafanya kazi kwa upande wa matatu na mabasi ziongezewe masharti kwamba wanapoondoka Nairobi kwenda Mombasa na kwingineko, wawe wanatoa cheti kuonyesha kwamba wamefanya ukaguzi kwa wanaoabiri magari hayo ili kuhakikisha kwamba wako katika hali ya usalama. Mara nyingi, katika usafiri, watu wanaangalia pesa, bima, viti vimekaliwa au havikukaliwa. Pia, kuna ajali ama hakuna; madereva wamelipwa au la. Usalama wa abiria haungaliwi. Ningependa sana wakati Kamati hii inapoangalia suala hili lote iangalie pia na usalama wa abiria."
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