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    "id": 1051703,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1051703/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Rehema Jaldesa",
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        "legal_name": "Rehema Dida Jaldesa",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to support this very important Bill. As it has been said by my colleagues, the importance of a national library cannot be overemphasised. We have had a poor reading culture in this country. It is high time we focused on how to encourage our people to develop a reading culture. More specifically, I am supporting it because I am encouraging the National Library Service function to be devolved to all the counties. Some of our counties do not have library services. As it has been said, this will create job opportunities. It will also reduce the burden on parents in that students will borrow books from the libraries instead of buying them. It will also provide an opportunity for people to study silently without disturbance. In most rural setups, homes are crowded and students cannot concentrate as they study. With libraries everywhere, we will have the opportunity to have serious students. The library service will also give students opportunity to do proper research. Sometime back, I went to China and realised that YouTube does not work there because they encourage their students to dig deep into books instead of getting shallow information from the internet. Therefore, I emphasise the need to make sure that we do not only have nice libraries in big towns, but also have at least modern libraries in all the 47 counties and sub-counties."
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