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    "id": 1049653,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1049653/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Kenya National Library Service Bill (Bill No.5 of 2020) be now read a second time. By way of introduction, this is a Government sponsored Bill which was published on 20th March, 2020. It came under my predecessors’ signature and it was read for the first time on 14th April, 2020 in this House and thereafter was committed to the Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism for consideration, pursuant to Standing Order No.127. Hon. Speaker, the main objective of this Bill is to give effect to Article 11 of our Constitution which provides that the State shall promote all forms of national and cultural expression through literature, the arts, traditional celebrations, science, communication, information, mass media, publications, libraries and other cultural heritage. It is a Bill that seeks to update and repeal the Kenya National Library Service Bill Act both, Cap.2 and 25 which was enacted on 1st April 1967. Between 1967 and now, we are still operating on an Act that was enacted many years ago. In between, the new Constitution has come into play and defined the role of culture and role of the arts. The Kenya National Library Service Act has not been updated."
}