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    "id": 1059048,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "without going to a school for training. It will be useful if as a country we promote a reading culture. It will keep a lot of people away from mischief. Therefore, this is an important step the country has taken to make sure there is a library in every part of the country and a law that will direct and guide how we will establish the Kenya National Library Service which has been existing in an old law. That law will be repealed in complying with the new Constitution. We will synchronise other laws that are incidental to this law. We will come up with amendments in the Third Reading of this Bill that will make this legislation better and clear and make sure that it benefits Kenya. This will be one of the big gains of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 that we are seeking to amend. This is a big step in giving Kenyans one of the things that will change their lives. I remember when we were in school, sometimes we could go to the library in town. At the University of Nairobi Library, sometimes you could miss a book, but you find it at libraries in the city. We could see traffic to these libraries, the order and the service offered. Even here in Parliament we have a library which once in a while we access when researching materials. And we are specific in the material found in our library, like some of the contributions in the colonial Parliament, the Independence Parliament and the great speeches by some of the great legislators like Martin Shikuku. So, a library will always be useful. But one of the things which I think is not well covered here and which we should look at is the virtual library and the expense involved in setting it up. By installing that, a lot of young people who have studied information technology will be employed by the Kenya National Library Service and will be kept busy. We have many people who are very good in matters ICT, even in this House we have ICT gurus. I believe many young people in this field will get an opportunity to work. The library will employ many Kenyans. So, I beg to support. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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