Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 971 to 980 of 3067.

• 25 Nov 2018 in Senate: I support. view
• 6 Nov 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this important Bill on data protection. I congratulate the Committee and particularly the Vice Chairperson, who has done an eloquent presentation of the Bill. view
• 6 Nov 2018 in Senate: Data is extremely important. The process of collecting personal data is even more important than the data itself. There is a saying that if you put junk through a water pipe, the exit will be junk. In this case, as we are talking of protection of data, we need to be looking at the quality of data, the quality and integrity of the data collector and the protection of the person. view
• 6 Nov 2018 in Senate: I congratulate this Committee for being extremely insightful in the way that they have drafted the Bill. In the principles of data protection, they have outlined guidelines that will be used. The data subject shall be informed of the purpose for which the information is being collected. This is an important and fundamental right to the subject. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have had occasions where scientists from outside this country have come and set out to do experiments disguised as data collection. They pay their subjects and tell them to take certain pills and eventually come up with reports. ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in Senate: This Bill will eliminate activities where a subject is given very scanty information about what is going on with themselves, let alone the fact that some experiments go The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 6 Nov 2018 in Senate: further and administer certain processes or procedures on an individual. This Bill puts a lot of prominence to the privacy of the subject. Where a human being is a subject, we know that our research institutions and even universities have regulations on research. However, the protection of the subject is still wanting in most of the current regulations that exist. view
• 6 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clause 8 of this Bill, therefore, becomes extremely important. It says- “An agency that collects or processes personal data shall ensure that the data is complete, accurate, up-to-date and not misleading, having regard to the purpose for the collection or processing of the personal data.” When this Bill becomes operational, we will need to agree as a country on who will ascertain that the data is complete, accurate, up-to-date and not misleading. This is because in most cases data is collected from individuals who are not aware of the accuracies, completeness and whether or not the ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in Senate: Again, in the case of Majengo slums, a publication was done in the United Kingdom (UK). It was said that the subjects were informed that they were being tested on a drug that was supposed to help them as HIV/AIDS patients. Whether the data was complete, accurate and not misleading is another story. If that data was not misleading, today, HIV/AIDS could have been wiped, not just in Kenya but in the whole world. This is because the excitement that came with that experiment was that there was a breakthrough. There was a pill that was tested on prostitutes in ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill is important especially as far as the process is concerned, so that people are protected. We need to understand who will ascertain the completeness, accuracy and whether the data is not misleading. Therefore, there will be need to have another body in this country that will regulate data collection. There has to be an independent body, like the Kenya Bureau of Standards, whose results can be believed by everybody. The body will be able to say that a collection has been done. view
• 6 Nov 2018 in Senate: No, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I meant the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) in terms of testing of the quality of products in this country. view