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    "id": 1069945,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to speak on this Report on the Formulation of Parliamentary Broadcasting Channels, tabled by Hon. Kizito, the distinguished Member for Shinyalu and Chair of the Committee. From the outset, the Committee has done a good job and deserves to be commended. I also served on the Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library Committee between 1997 and 2002, when the idea of a live broadcast was mooted. We had the popular “ Leo Katika Bunge” Programme which came after the news, every time we had a session of Parliament. It was a very popular programme. We needed to do more because back then, it was only KBC reporting “ LeoKatika Bunge” . We came up with the idea of having a live broadcast. That is where the current live broadcast came from. We have seen KBC doing a good job but the hours are limited. There are only six hours for each House for the entire week. Not much of the business that we transact here is broadcast. Furthermore, reports of committees or the business of the committees of the House are not broadcast. Most Members who do not get time to speak on the Floor speak during committees because the numbers in the House make it very difficult for all Members to speak. When different committees are sitting and are broadcast, even Members who do not speak in the House are very active in committees. It will give a chance for the public and constituents to understand that their representatives are doing their work towards implementation of the mandate given to them to oversee. Oversight is mostly done at committees where witnesses are summoned, appear before committees, are questioned by Members and respond to issues. That is where accountability takes place. The proposed formulation of the parliamentary broadcasting channel will allow for more time and coverage. Members will be seen throughout the session of business of the House. If we had our own channel, it would currently be broadcasting the business of the House up to this moment. Today, we only had one hour or two of broadcast time before they moved to the Senate. It is very difficult for Members, even if there is a live broadcast of Parliament. As someone said, people only see Hon. Kimunya, the Leader of the Majority Party and Hon. Mbadi, the Leader of the Minority Party. Whenever there are issues, they are given priority. There is nothing wrong with that because that is the tradition. That happens everywhere. 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."
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