John Harun Mwau

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 101 to 110 of 527.

• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Canadian company Coded Incorporation was contracted by the Fiji Government to do BVR registration and now they have a dispute because the company took the data of Fiji voters and gave it to Canadian intelligence. The question here is for the Assistant Minister to confirm, since he is saying that the purpose of BVR is to prevent double registration, double voting and manipulation of votes, the iris and facial characteristics - including thumb geometry - has anything to do with voting. Can he confirm that only the thumb or one finger will be necessary for ... view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As you can see, the Assistant Minister has information and some forms which are in support of his answer, but he has not supplied them to me. So, I am not able to interrogate the forms as it relates to the penalty and the format. So, it is important that I am supplied with those particular documents so, that I am able to interrogate them. view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Further, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the Question was deferred last time, he was to address the question as to whether the software to be used during the elections is closed box. Was it a software or open source software? Closed box software is where the software is programmed to do things without audit. Open source software is where you can audit. So, closed box software is where the software can be directed three votes out of ten votes to go to a particular candidate. Could he address that issue? view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead the House that the purpose of the BVR is only to identify a voter while in the draft election regulation, which the Minister tabled before the House on 30th August, 2012, Section 21(2) provides that:- view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: “A voter shall cast his or her vote by use of a ballot paper or electronically.” Is he in order to mislead the House that the voting will only be done through a manual process? view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am certainly disturbed because the Assistant Minister has failed to address the issues clearly. In the draft rules, they provide for both the manual and the electronic voting process. So, he must then be able to explain why all, because--- view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. In conclusion, the Assistant Minister has not addressed why thumb prints are not necessary. They require facial characteristics which, in the process, they will also be capturing the eye iris. What is the purpose of capturing the facial features and the eye iris? What has that got to do with voting? view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead the House that the data collected is secured and its integrity will be protected while, in actual fact, you have foreign bodies sitting at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)? You have the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) sitting at the IEBC. You also have the UNDP sponsoring the biometric voter’s registration. How then can he confirm that with their involvement, the integrity of the data will be secured? view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead the House? I think the problem here is not all these explanations. The problem here is that the person in question has the name Abbas Mohammed Athman. If it was Mr. Rogers Brown, or Peter Johnson the standard would be different. view