29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
The issue of the enforcement of this Bill was raised. I know Members have talked about the police officers, especially the DCI. I want to tell this House that we already have two 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.
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29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
cybercrime centres in Kenya. One, we have a serious and modern cybercrime centre at the Communications Authority of Kenya. My Committee and the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security will visit them in the next two weeks to see what they are doing so that we can help them to enhance, improve and modernise those particular cyber centres. There is also a smaller one at the Directorate of Criminal Investigation.
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29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Members have proposed amendment on several clauses, especially Clause 24 where there is a section that says the police may go into a premise without a court order. Basically, as Members of the Committee, we have agreed that we are going to consider all the input that Members have suggested and all the comments that will enrich the Bill. We will incorporate them and bring them to the House during Committee of the whole House.
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29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
The last stage of the Bill also anticipates that there will be regulations to effect it. We urge those who are responsible to start making them because we want the Bill to come into effect as soon as possible. So, they need to have draft regulations which we will look at and pass to the Committee on Delegated Legislation to look at and bring them to the House so that we pass them.
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29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
I would like to inform all Members that recently we sent four Members of my Committee to Mauritius. They have come back with several good amendments that will enrich the Bill. We remember what Hon. Osotsi said in the morning and also what Hon. Musimba, who is also an expert like I am, has also given us a memorandum on some of the clauses. I promise the House that, as a Committee, we will meet from next week. We will also retreat to discuss and write all the amendments that will be presented at the Committee of the whole House.
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29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much. I take this opportunity to thank all Members and promise Kenyans that this Bill will be an Act in the next few days. With those remarks, I beg to reply.
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28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation on the Vetting of Principal Secretary Nominee for the State Department of Information, Communication, and Technology, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 27th March 2018, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 155(3)(b) of the Constitution, approves the appointment of Mr. Jerome Okoth Ochieng as Principal Secretary, State Department for Information, Communication and Technology. Hon. Deputy Speaker, on Thursday, 15th March 2018 and pursuant to Standing Order No.42(2) of the National Assembly, ...
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28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
On Friday, 16th March 2018, the Clerk of the National Assembly, pursuant to Section 6(3) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, No.33 of 2011, notified the nominee in writing that approval hearing was scheduled to take place on Monday, 26th March in Committee Room 4, Fourth Floor, Continental House, Parliament Buildings at 9.30 a.m. Hon. Deputy Speaker, in conducting the vetting process, the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation examined the nominee against the criteria that included the following, as set out in the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, No.33 of 2011: Academic qualifications, employment records, professional affiliations, ...
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28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
He is also a member of the Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS- UK). There are very few professionals in the country who are members of this institute. With those many remarks and having considered the suitability and capacity…
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28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
I am concluding, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As I conclude, I would like to say that for the first time, we have a Cabinet Secretary who is an expert in Information and Communication Technology (ICT); we have the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation in National Assembly who is an ICT expert and we have the Principal Secretary who is an expert in ICT. These three persons should take Kenya to higher heights. In the next five years Kenya should be at a different level in innovation and technology. With those many remarks having considered the suitability, ...
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