Hon. William Kipkemoi Kisang

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• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: System Audit and Control Association (ISACA), Kenya Chapter of ISACA, the Technology Service Providers of Kenya (TESPOK), Safaricom Limited and Article 19. Article 19 is an association that is basing the issues on Article 19 of the Constitution. Last but not least, we met the Ministry of Information Communication and Technology. The other stakeholders were on issues on security. The Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, headed by Hon. Koinange, also met some groups. He is going to report on what the stakeholders said. I want to give a summary overview of the Bill, as the Leader of the ... view
• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: children ethics, but how can we do that if there are people whose business is just to put nude photos on websites, WhatsApp and on other sites? We are saying this is a serious offense. It is equivalent to undertaking sex with a minor. Forgery of computer data, resulting in inauthentic data, with the intention that the data be acted upon for legal purposes as if it is authentic is punishable with imposition of a fine not exceeding Kshs10 million or a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years or both. We have discussed and heard about cyber bullying. Majority ... view
• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also had a meeting with Hon. Musimba. I called him and we met yesterday. He has appeared in my Committee and we have agreed that the can propose his amendments at the Committee of the whole House stage. He can give them to us early enough. He has not lost anything. I will summarise the report so that I can at least be within the 30 minutes. Part IV of the Bill applies to provisions of the Mutual Legal Assistance Act of 2011 with specific regard to international cooperation in the investigation and prosecution of ... view
• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: and Cybercrime Bill. It specifically provides for cooperation with the Office of the Attorney- General (AG) as the central authority established to handle these matters. Part V of the Bill, from Clauses 42 to 46, contains the general provisions including the territorial jurisdiction for application of the Bill, power of the court order and forfeiture of any items seized under the provisions of this Bill. I just want to briefly go through the recommendations and amendments by the Committee which will appear at the Committee of the whole House stage of the Bill. As a result of the public participation ... view
• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The Committee will also propose to amend Clause 12 of the Bill to insert a new sub clause that will stipulate the extent which freedom of expression under Article 33 of the Constitution shall be limited in respect of the intentional publication of false, misleading and 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
• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: fictitious data or misinformation in line with the requirement set out under article 27(4) of the Constitution. The Committee will also propose to insert new clauses after Clause 16. This is basically to enhance and enrich the penalties. The Committee will propose to delete Clause 24 of the Bill which allows for search of premises without a warrant. All the stakeholders complained about this. After lengthy deliberations, it was felt that there is no sufficient justification that exists to allow a search without a warrant. My colleague from the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security will tell us if ... view
• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The Committee will propose to delete Clause 13 on child pornography and amend the current Section 16 of the Sexual Offences Act to harmonise it with the proposals contained in the Bill, so that we do not duplicate. Under the amendment, the Committee further proposes to add a further provision of the Sexual Offences Act to provide for the offences of sexual communication with a child. view
• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: So, this Bill is very important. I urge all the Members to go through the Report and read the Bill. Currently, most countries in the world like Nigeria, South Africa, Pakistan, United States of America (USA), United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom (UK) have already enacted this Bill. If we do not have this law, we are likely to lose investors who want to come to our country but they are not sure because their resources are not safe. Many organisations have lost resources. Banks have lost a lot of money but no one is willing to declare what they ... view
• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to second. If there is any part of the Bill that you believe it is offensive, we are willing and available, so that we can make the necessary amendments. We want to come up with a law for posterity. I second, Hon. Speaker. view
• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view