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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On the outset, as a Member of the Committee, I would like to say that this is, indeed, a timely Bill and one that is going to make a big contribution. As we look at the Kenyan populace, starting with the older generation to the younger generation, we realise that not only do we have a challenge of reading culture, but we would like to reclaim some of the lost values and in particular to see ways in which we can have intergenerational conversation and mentorship. One of the significant achievements of the Bill is that we will not only equip, acquire and maintain resources that will be available all over the country from the Library Service, but indeed, through reading, we will have a very wide range of information for mentorship. It is said that someone who reads is never alone. Indeed, a number of times when we seek to see how we can engage our children, mentor them and shape them, we find that for a variety of reasons even parents do not necessarily communicate as effectively with their children. In the same way, teenagers and young adults who need the greatest kind of direction do not have that same opportunity. Therefore, as we look at this Bill, not only are we ensuring that we update and ensure that we move from what we had as far back as 1967, but that we now have a way of ensuring that the Library Service will be one that is technologically savvy. It will be in keeping in tandem with the world today. We will be in a position to ensure that we have a wide variety of resources. There will be resources available to those who might not necessarily have the kind of digital coverage that we have in urban centres. In addition to the information that is available in software, we will have information in hard copy. This Bill is an important advancement and recognition and a key tool that this House is giving to the country. I, therefore, would like to support this Bill. The Committee in its public 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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