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    "content": "(iii) this House develops the legal framework upon which a special purpose vehicle will be established to run the independent Parliamentary TV Channels in the long term. (iv) the PSC commences the process of acquiring technical broadcasting equipment and employment of required technical staff to implement the long-term goal of establishing fully fledged Parliamentary television channels and radio. Hon. Members, we are saying this because we found that we are inadequate in terms of coverage of the proceedings of the House and Committees. This is due to the limited time we have with KBC from the contract that we have. The contract limits us to only 12 hours per week for the two Houses of Parliament. It is against this background that we believe it is imperative to have our own independent Radio and television stations so that we can have our proceedings aired uninterrupted. It is difficult for people out there to know what we do because the contract time is limited. Kenyans would like to see people they pay salaries as their representatives at work. They would like to see and be exposed to what they do. It is because of this that we say we want radio and television stations that will follow MPs wherever they are so that what they are doing is known. For example, during this COVID-19 Pandemic, in the new normal, it is difficult for people to know what we were doing. Some people believe that we ran away from Parliament and Parliament was closed despite the fact that we were actually performing other duties in the Committees, international excursions and in the villages. It is difficult for such activities to be covered. It is against this background that I ask this honourable House to adopt this Report, so that the PSC can move with speed to have the TV and Radio channels to broadcast us out there. I am sure that by doing this, many good things will come our way. Kenyans will have been well informed as they decide whether to vote us in or not. Some of them do not know what we do in Parliament. There has been a lot of misinformation about how we do our work. There was heated debate on the pollsters who said that some Members do not speak in Parliament, and that they do not do good work on the ground. That was misinformation. We want Parliament to tell its own story. We would like Members to tell their own story so that in case they are misconstrued, we go back to the original informer’s record to get what they said. We have had misinformation all over and that is why we are saying we need to tell our own story. If a hyena is asked to tell a story about a lion, it will tell lies. If you asked the lion to tell its story, it will tell something else. Therefore, it is good for us to inform the public so that the public can know what we are doing and we can be seen. We went ahead in this Report to ask the PSC to help each Member to have a media house in every constituency or county so that we can transfer information to the villages so that we can see where we are going. Ladies and gentlemen, I do not want to go into many stories but ask Members to read the Report in detail. It has a lot of what you are looking for. This is something that will help us, as Parliament, and we will move well. With those remarks, I beg to move and request the Vice-Chairperson…."
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