Godfrey Osotsi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Motion for agreement with the Report of the Committee of the whole House be amended by inserting the proviso “subject to re-committal of Clause 25 (g). I request Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol to second. 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. view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to also raise my voice on this very important Bill. It is primarily for the purpose of implementing Article 31(c) and (d) of the Constitution of Kenya on the right to privacy. This Bill will also be very critical towards the path of becoming a digital economy. They say that data is the 21st Century oil of the digital economy. This Bill will be very crucial in our trade and economic engagement with the world. view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: As you are aware, the European Union (EU) came up with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which are regulations on data protection. This Bill will allow Kenya to trade easily and effectively with Europe and the entire world. Having looked at the entire Bill and benchmarking it with the international standards on data protection, especially the six principles of data protection, it is in full compliance with them which are lawfulness, fairness and transparency. This Bill aligns with those principles. view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Secondly, there is the issue of purpose limitation which basically says that you are supposed to collect data for a specific, explicit and legitimate reason. Three, there is the principle of data minimisation. Data that is collected must be adequate, relevant and limited. Fourth, it is the accuracy of data that is collected. This Bill allows a data subject to have a say where the data that is being collected or processed is inaccurate or incomplete. view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Fifth, it is the storage limitation. For how long are you going to hold data? The Bill is very specific on that. Lastly, there is the issue of data integrity and confidentiality which most of us have discussed this afternoon. view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: This Bill talks about the office of the data commissioner which is a very important office. As a Committee, we looked at this and thought that the data commissioner is a very critical position as enshrined in this Bill. Therefore, we will look at the necessary amendments so that we can have some degree of independence in this office. One of the things that the Committee agreed on is that because the role of this particular individual is cross-cutting all Government The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can ... view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: sectors, he needs to be appointed by the President and vetted by Parliament. I am sure that the Committee will come up with those amendments at the Committee of the whole House. view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: What is important is the right of the data subject which has been captured very well in this Bill. I will go through it quickly. The data subject will have the right to be informed on the use of the personal data. Two, he will have the right to access personal data in custody of anybody. That is the data controller or processor. He will have the right to object to the processing of his personal data, correct false or misleading data and delete false or misleading information about that data subject. Because there is an international element to the ... view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: There is the issue of collection of data. When we talk about data, many of us imagine that it is computer data. Data can be in hard copy. There is data that you write when you get to a building which is your name and identification card number. There is also data that is captured by Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras. This Bill will protect individuals whose data is captured without their knowledge. When the Bill will be passed, people who are in the business of CCTV cameras will have to know that they must not install them in private places. ... view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I mean that CCTV installation will have to take into account the right to privacy. view