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    "id": 1049790,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1049790/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ibrahim Ahmed",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Abdisalan Ibrahim",
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    "content": "for our children and if we go home and we rarely read any of the information material, then definitely the child will not also read. If the child does not read, then definitely you expect poor performance in school, indiscipline cases and all that. That said, we also have a very wrong perception where we read to pass exams, which is not really the case. Kenyans have the tendency of depending on word of mouth instead of reading to access accurate information. They have the tendency of depending on word of mouth to get information. That way, there is a lot of misconception and, of course, dissemination of inaccurate information. That is what is happening in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) today. If everybody would read the document, read well and make an informed decision, then this aspect of misconception, campaigning and moving up and down would have drastically reduced. I want to say that, as a country, we must take drastic steps to improve the reading culture because a reading nation is a healthy nation. A reading nation is an informed nation. A reading nation is an empowered nation. That way, we will improve the livelihood of our population. If we have a reading nation, then we will definitely have drastic reduction of crimes in this country. We should not only depend on the static library, but we must make drastic efforts of taking information to the doorsteps of the community. I am aware that, as we speak, the Kenya National Library Service is doing its best to take something like traveling libraries, for example, using buses. They have also come up with innovative measures in northern Kenya where they are even trying to take information using camels - the camel library - to those who cannot access the static library. Moreover, they have what they call the book service where information materials are lent to the readers for a specific period but, we must come up with other innovative measures of delivering information to Kenyans without even moving..."
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