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    "id": 1049681,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1049681/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. As it is written in the Bill, it seeks to amend an old Act of 1967. When you look at what used to happen in 1967, you cannot really put one plus one to it. Instead, issues and the way of life have improved and changed. Therefore, I look at the way the Committee has done its work, and I say thanks to them. They have done a good job. We are now going to use this Bill to take the country to a higher level. A few of the issues covered in this Bill that make me appreciate it include the fact that it takes cognisance of not only library as a place for reading materials, but one that also encompasses issues of reference. Clause 3 proposes that there will be a preservation of national documentary heritage and distinguishes the function of the KNLS from other libraries. As a distinction and in preservation of national documentary heritage, the Bill takes a wide scope of the heritage of Kenya. Many times we see a library as a place of storage of documents and books. In this case, the Bill goes beyond books and looks at our heritage in totality. The Bill is also going to develop, manage and maintain the KNLS. In as much as we have the newly refurbished Library in Upper Hill, Nairobi, it is also going to look at the bigger view of libraries. As you can notice, it is not just the issue of book work. We also have issues of electronic books. Through this Bill, we are going to take care of electronic and hard copy books. Equipping libraries is going to change the lives of our youth. Our youth need to have a culture of reading. Many times you pass by a stage or on the road and find our youth just standing by or idling around. In equipping libraries through this Bill, the KNLS will have a board of directors and everything put in place and this is going to be a good place."
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