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    "id": 1049661,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1049661/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Different people view libraries differently. One of the acknowledged Norwegian writers John Bing, who is also a law professor, once said: “To ask why we need libraries at all, when there is so much information available elsewhere, is about as sensible as asking if road maps are necessary now that there are so many roads.” That summarises why we need this library. There is so much information out there, but for us to get information from different places, libraries help organise the different works by different people within a certain section or information to do with the history of a certain area. They organise it such that you can access that area and much as we now browse electronically and see different people who have said different things on that area. It is very clear that by investing in libraries, we will be on our way to conquering the world because questions about life, life’s problems would have been answered in books and these books will be in our libraries. People who have interest in academia and those who love scholarly works in research, realise that the more you read the more you get in love or fall in love with libraries. When you pass some library somewhere, you want to stop and get in to see whether there are some latest works in an area that has come up. There is that constant search for knowledge. I believe this will be an integral part of this Kenya National Library Service, to ensure that the body of knowledge is made available to Kenyans at all ages. Having libraries is, however, one thing. I believe that we now need to have the legal regime that supports that architecture. That is basically what this Bill is hoping to do. I am excited when I look at the different facilities the KNLS has put across the country. I believe there is a library in about every county. There is a huge one for Nairobi in Buruburu. During the school holidays, if you see the queue of, especially, school-going children at the library The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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