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    "id": 1049685,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "be represented by two of them. Instead of that, we can bring on board other actors who might add value in terms of supporting the organisation to move forward rather than having our own civil servants filling up the board. They cannot bring new ideas. As I appreciate the creation of the board under Clause 6, we will also have to look at the way it is going to be run. Who are the persons going to sit on the board? Has it really been recognised? I thank the Committee for providing for qualifications of the board members in Clause 7, so that we do not just pick anybody. Instead, there are some criteria of who should be in the board. Down to Clause 26, the Bill also provides operations of the Kenya Library Service, which shall be in accordance with the standards that shall be set out in the Third Schedule. In the Annex to it, there is a Third Schedule which will display how the Bill is being done. The way the Bill has been itemised, scheduled and put, it really allows operationalisation and improves the manner in which our library services shall be run in this country. Finally, going further down to Clause 29, it gives us what is going to be kept in libraries. As the Bill revises, the Kenya Library Services shall maintain records of the following: All documents whether in soft copy, hard copy or in any other format. We do not want to go to the national library and find what is not supposed to be there. The KNL Service cannot store sugar the way a godown somewhere which was meant to store timber was found to be storing sugar. We found out this during field service. This definition makes me to be sure that when you go to KNL, you will either get hardcopy or soft copy of reading materials. It also says that all persons and institutions shall be registered as members of the library. This calls for registration. We need to know the people who access the library. The library can assist in many ways. If you are doing a particular course, you can have a pool of professionals whom you can associate with. If you want an architect, you can easily say this is a pool of architects and so this is going to be available and you can easily access one. Finally, it is also telling us that the board should consider what is necessary or desirable to be recorded. We are not tying the board to what has been listed, but in their own wisdom, they have latitude to work on their own and improve how they want the library to run. With that flexibility, this is a national body that will address any growing concerns. So, whatever decisions shall be made for the people and this country shall be appreciated. The way the Bill has been lined up, I know it is being considered. Being a money Bill, it is going to incur costs, but it is a good Bill. This will affect the counties. Therefore, as it goes to the Senate, we hope it approves it so that our country gets a new law of the 21st Century which can live today and see our young generation move forward in days to come. With those many remarks, I support."
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