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    "id": 1069941,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1069941/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Samburu East, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jackson Lekumontare",
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        "legal_name": "Lentoi Joni L Jackson Lekumontare",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Report. This Report is very important to this House. Many people do not understand what we do just as my colleagues have said. If you look at what we are doing at our constituencies, when those young guys post what Members of Parliament are doing, people really appreciate what we are doing. It seems that so many Kenyans do not understand the work of a Member of Parliament. That is why we are suffering. It is because they lack information and yet information is power. The nation will come to appreciate what we do as Members of Parliament. If you look at those channels which usually broadcast what we say and do, sometimes they do not show everything we do. We need a channel which will give Kenyans the right information. Everybody has a right to get that information. We engage in a lot of activities but nobody gets to know that. It is very important for this Report to be implemented because people will understand what we usually do. The activities that we engage in are not viewed by the electorate. As the Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library Committee, we benchmarked in very many areas. I was in the delegation which visited Zambia. In Zambia, there is a direct link from Parliament to the constituencies. In Kenya, we are only in the House and the view the public gets The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}